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Preliminaries
1	VULNERABILITY, ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURES UNDER EARTHQUAKE LOADING
1.1	Vulnerability Analysis of Building Structures in Seismic Areas M. Duran Lillo	3
1.2	Seismic Damage Scenarios for Urban Zones A.H. Barbat, F. Yepez and U. Mena	9
1.3	Seismic Safety of Special Structures F. Zabala, L. Oldecop, A. Masanet, E. Seguin and J.L. Almazan	25
1.4	Numerical Diagnostic for an Optimal Strengthening of Building Structures under Earthquake Loading E. Portillo Garcia	33
2	NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
2.1	Three Dimensional Non-Linear Analysis of Building Pounding During Earthquakes H.P. Mouzakis, M. Papadrakakis and A.S. Alevridis	43
3	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED OPTIMIZATION AND DESIGN
3.1	Discrete Optimization of Structures under Dynamic Loading by using Sequential and Parallel Evolution Strategies J. Cai and G. Thierauf	51
4	SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS
4.1	Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction Considering Local Nonlinearities N. Chouw and G. Schmid	61
5	DYNAMIC PROBLEMS
5.1	Parallel Dynamic Non-Linear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Plates P. Ivanyi, J. Sziveri and B.H.V. Topping	69

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