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Technical papers

Preliminary analysis of the hanging wall effect and velocity pulse of the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake

Liu Qifang and Li Xiaojun

Attenuation of peak ground accelerations from the great Wenchuan earthquake

Wang Dong and Xie Lili

Synthesis of accelerograms compatible with the Chinese GB 50011-2001 design spectrum via harmonic wavelets: artificial and historic
records

P.D. Spanos, A. Giaralis and Li Jie

Emergency assessment of seismic landslide susceptibility: a case study of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake affected area

Tang Chuan, Zhu Jing and Liang Jingtao

Liquefaction macrophenomena in the great Wenchuan earthquake

Chen Longwei, Yuan Xiaoming, Cao Zhenzhong, Hou Longqing, Sun Rui, Dong Lin, Wang Weiming, Meng Fanchao and

Chen Hongjuan

Shear wave velocity-based liquefaction evaluation in the great Wenchuan earthquake: a preliminary case study

Zhou Yanguo, Chen Yunmin and Ling Daosheng

Lessons learned from Wenchuan earthquake for seismic safety of large dams

Chen Houqun

A comparative study of bridge damage due to the Wenchuan, Northridge, Loma Prieta and San Fernando earthquakes

Wang Zhiqiang and George C. Lee

Seismic damage of highway bridges during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Han Qiang, Du Xiuli, Liu Jingbo, Li Zhongxian, Li Liyun and Zhao Jianfeng

Lessons in bridge damage learned from the Wenchuan earthquake

W. Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Mark Yashinski, Youssef Hashash, Curtis Holub, Kehai Wang and Xiaodong Kuo

Three dimensional temporal characteristics of ground motions and building responses in Wenchuan earthquake

Dai Junwu, Wang Yanru, Guan Qingsong, Qi Xiaozhai, Yang Xueshan, Tong Mai and George C. Lee

Experimental investigation of damage behavior of RC frame members including non-seismically designed columns

Chen Linzhi, Lu Xilin, Jiang Huanjun and Zheng Jianbo

Representative pictures of structural damage observed in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquakeCalendar of events