Foreword

G. W. Housner

From the editors

         Damage investigation of girder bridges under the Wenchuan earthquake and corresponding seismic design recommendations
        Li Jianzhong, Peng Tianbo and Xu Yan

Design of bridges against large tectonic deformation
        I. Anastasopoulos, G. Gazetas, V. Drosos, T. Georgarakos and R. Kourkoulis

        Effects of structural characterizations on fragility functions of bridges subject to seismic shaking and lateral spreading
       Jian Zhang, Yili Huo, Scott J. Brandenberg and Pirooz Kashighandi

Experimental veriication of bridge seismic damage states quantiied by calibrating analytical models with empirical ield data
       Swagata Banerjee and Masanobu Shinozuka

Effect of abutment modeling on the seismic response of bridge structures
       Ady Aviram, Kevin R. Mackie and Bozidar Stojadinovic

Experimental research and inite element analysis of bridge piers failed in lexure-shear modes
       Sun Zhiguo, Si Bingjun, Wang Dongsheng and Guo Xun

Seismic response of skewed RC box-girder bridges
        Ahmed Abdel-Mohti and Gokhan Pekcan

Structural health monitoring of bridges in the state of connecticut
        Chengyin Liu, Joshua Olund, Alan Cardini,Paul D’Attilio, Eric Feldblumand John DeWolf

Study on the seismic performance of a double spherical seismic isolation bearing
        Peng Tianbo, Li Jianzhong, Xu Yan and Fan Lichu

Trust-region based instantaneous optimal semi-active control of long-span spatially extended structures with MRF-04K damper
        Lin Wei, Li Zhongxian and Ding Yang

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