Contents
Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface      xv

1     THE NATURE OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION            

Bruce A. Bolt, D.Sc.

1

2     EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION AND RESPONSE SPECTRA            

Bijan Mohraz, Ph.D., P.E. and Fahim Sadek, Ph.D.

47

3     GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS            

Marshall Lew, Ph.D., G.E.

125

4     DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF STRUCTURES            

James C. Anderson, Ph.D.

183

5     LINEAR STATIC SEISMIC LATERAL FORCE PROCEDURES

Roger M. Di Julio Jr., Ph.D., P.E.

247

6     ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS            

Christopher Arnold, FAIA, RIBA

275

7     DESIGN FOR DRIFT AND LATERAL STABILITY   

Farzad Naeim, Ph. D., S.E.

327

8     SEISMIC DESIGN OF FLOOR DIAPHRAGMS

Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E. and R. Rao Boppana, Ph.D., S.E.

373

9     SEISMIC DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Chia-Ming Uang, Ph.D., Michel Bruneau, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Andrew S. Whittaker, Ph.D., S.E., and
Key-Chyuan Tsai, Ph.D., S.E.

409

10   SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Arnaldo T. Derecho, Ph.D. and M. Reza Kianoush, Ph.D.

463

11   SEISMIC DESIGN OF WOOD AND MASONRY BUILDINGS    

John G. Shipp, S.E., FASCE and Gary C. Hart, Ph.D., P.E.

563

12   SEISMIC UPGRADING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES

Ronald O. Hamburger, S.E. and Craig A. Cole, S.E.

623

13   DESIGN OF NONSTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS        

John G. Gillengerten, S.E.

681

14   DESIGN OF STRUCTURES WITH SEISMIC ISOLATION   

Ronald L Mayes, Ph.D. and Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E.

723

15  PERFORMANCE BASED SEISMIC ENGINEERING

Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E., Hussain Bhatia, Ph.D., P.E.
and Roy M. Lobo, Ph.D., P.E.

757

16 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SEISMIC DESIGN        

Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E., Roy M. Lobo, Ph.D., P.E.
and Hussain Bhatia, Ph.D., P.E.

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APPENDIX       815
INDEX         821