1. Introduction Seismic design of concrete buildings in the context of Eurocodes Seismic design of concrete buildings in this book Seismic performance requirements for buildings in Eurocode 2. Earthquakes and their structural and geotechnical effects- Introduction to earthquakes Effects of earthquakes on concrete buildings Effects of earthquakes on geotechnical structures Earthquake effects on shallow foundations Earthquake effects on lifelines 3. Analysis of building structures for seismic actions Linear elastic analysis Behaviour factor Non-linear analysis 4. Conceptual design of concrete buildings for earthquake resistance Principles of seismic design: Inelastic response and ductility demand General principles of conceptual seismic design Regularity and irregularity of building structures Structural systems of concrete buildings and their components The capacity design concept Ductility classification The option of 'secondary seismic elements' 5. Detailed seismic design of concrete buildings Introduction Sizing of frame members Detailed design of beams in flexure Detailed design of columns in flexure Detailed design of beams and columns in shear Detailed design of ductile walls in flexure and shear Detailing for ductility Dimensioning for vectorial action effects due to concurrent seismic action components 'Secondary seismic elements' 6. Design of foundations and foundation elements Importance and influence of soil-structure interaction Verification of shallow foundations Design of concrete elements in shallow foundations 7. Design example: Multistorey buildingGeometry and design parameters Modelling for the analysis Analysis Seismic displacements from the analysis and their utilisation Member internal forces from the analyses Detailed design of members References Index