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Preliminaries
1	SEISMIC RESISTANT DESIGN
1.1	Innovation in Seismic Resistant Design: A Review of Strategies with a Novel Concrete Approach Reminiscent of Hennebique and Mouchel K.G. Smith	1
1.2	Accurate Assessment of Both Demand and Capacity: Progress Towards a More Rational Approach to the Seismic Resistant Design of Buildings R. Shepherd	11
1.3	Limiting the Pounding Effect - An Alternative Approach A.S. Scarlat	17
2	REPAIR AND RETROFIT FOR SEISMIC REGIONS
2.1	Progress with the SAC Joint Venture Program for the Evaluation, Repair, Modification and Design of Welded Steel Moment Frame Structures R. Shepherd	21
2.2	Seismic Design, Evaluation and Retrofit of Steel Bridges A. Astaneh-Asl	27
3	BRIDGE ENGINEERING IN SEISMIC REGIONS
3.1	Seismic Responses of Bridges with Superstructure Isolation M. Tehrani-Zadeh	41
3.2	Effect of Ductility Factor on Structural Response under Earthquake Loading M. Tehrani-Zadeh	47
4	ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
4.1	Ductile Moment Connections for Steel Frames Subjected to Seismic Loading R.M. Richard, C.J. Allen and J.E. Partridge	53
4.2	Parameter Identification of Semi-Rigid "Khorjinee" Connections in Dynamic Response of Steel Structures M. Tehrani-Zadeh	61
5	ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC LOADING
5.1	Dynamic Response of Column Bases G. Michaltsos and J. Ermopoulos	69
5.2	A More Realistic Seismic Safety Calculation of R/C Structures under Multi-Directional Earthquake Excitations S. Parche	83
5.3	Finite Element Analysis of the Cyclic Behaviour of Steel End-Plate Connections N. Nemati, D. Le Houedec and R. Zandonini	89
5.4	A Three-Dimensional Contact Model to Detect and Represent Contacts in Multibody-Systems D. Neuenhaus	103
5.5	Modeling of Friction Forces with Decreasing Friction Coefficient During the Sliding Phase S.L. Dimova	109

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