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Foreword	p. IX
Symposium resolution	p. XI
Cooperative earthquake engineering and hazard mitigation research: Challenges and opportunities in the new millennium	p. XIII
Plenary lectures
Twenty years of fieldwork on dam-foundation-reservoir interaction	p. 3
Some challenges to earthquake engineering in a new century	p. 7
Seismic performance of transportation structures	p. 15
Perspectives on successful international collaborative research	p. 37
Measured ground shaking and observed damage: Do recent events confirm a direct connection?	p. 43
An overview and preview of China-US joint research on earthquake engineering	p. 57
Research of earthquake engineering in Hong Kong: Current status and future challenge	p. 77
Contributed papers
Strengthen the link between engineering and seismology	p. 103
The center approach in earthquake engineering research and education	p. 109
Improving management of urban earthquake disaster risks	p. 113
Ground motion pulses and structural response	p. 119
An overview of US-PRC cooperation on earthquake engineering at IEM and future prospects of the program	p. 127
Catastrophe risk modeling and financial management	p. 133
Some recent work in earthquake engineering at Dalian University of Technology	p. 139
Assessing countermeasures to emergency response in earthquakes	p. 143
Development of new seismic design concepts considering moderate seismicity in Korea	p. 149
Research on effects of seismic source on space correlation	p. 153
Seismic response of precast industrial buildings during the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey	p. 159
Outline and concept of new Japanese seismic code	p. 163
The study on earthquake disaster estimation in urban areas	p. 169
Lessons on building performance from the great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake disaster in 1995	p. 173
A combine method to establish attenuation law of wide response spectrum	p. 177
Reliability analysis of existing frame structure based on failure correlation	p. 183
Dynamic model failure tests of dam structures	p. 187
Modeling earthquake impact on urban lifeline systems: Advances and integration in loss estimation	p. 195
Earthquake behavior of arch dams	p. 203
Seismic reliability of lifeline systems	p. 209
A cell-phone based wireless information system and its application	p. 215
Effects of sediment on the dynamic pressure of water and sediment on dams	p. 219
Seismic response characteristics of multispan cable-stayed bridges with stabilizing cables	p. 227
Earthquake input and reliability analysis of water delivery systems	p. 233
Seismic reliability analysis of electric power network system	p. 239
Seismic behavior of underground structures and site response	p. 243
Earthquake damage and countermeasure of industrial lifeline and equipment	p. 251
Urban lifelines effects degree sequence and recovery time sequence	p. 255
"Smart" base isolation systems: Theory and experiments	p. 259
Magnetorheological fluid and smart damper for structural vibration control	p. 267
Magnetorheological fluids--ready for real-time motion control	p. 273
Recent development on seismic isolation, energy dissipation, passive and semi-active control of structures in P. R. China	p. 279
Introducing a benchmark control problem for a cable-stayed bridge subjected to seismic excitation	p. 287
Ultimate vs. serviceability limit state in designing bridge energy dissipation devices	p. 293
Active/semiactive seismic response control of cable-supported bridges: Current research status and key issues	p. 299
Study on seismic response reduction for floor increased structural system with friction bedding and dampers	p. 305
Variable-damping-based semiactive control: Analogy between structural and suspension systems	p. 311
Optimum and simulation of semi-active control system based on MRFD	p. 317
A new type of base-isolator: A vertical shock absorber	p. 321
Dynamic analysis for structures supported on slide-limited friction base isolation system	p. 329
The development of super high strength bolts	p. 339
Optimal seismic design of building structures with friction dampers	p. 345
Study on the control algorithm based on maximum energy dissipation for semi-active fluid dampers	p. 351
Seismic assessment and retrofit of Beijing engineering in the capital area of Beijing	p. 357
Space nonlinear time-history analyzing for base-isolated Suqian city gymnasium	p. 361
High performance, cost effective structural systems for seismic-resistant buildings	p. 367
The optimal fortification load and reliability of aseismic structures	p. 371
Shaking table test study on a model of steel-concrete hybrid structure for tall buildings	p. 377
Advances in earthquake engineering with information technology	p. 383
Introduction of US/PRC workshop on experimental methods in earthquake engineering and its influence on seismic testing in China	p. 389
Finite element response sensitivity analysis in earthquake engineering	p. 395
Full-range pushover analysis of a RC frame	p. 403
Study on shaking table tests of building models	p. 411
Experimental research and seismic design of RC frame with segmental short columns	p. 415
Seismic design and retrofit using shape memory alloys	p. 419
Strength reduction factor spectra based on structural damage performance	p. 425
Shaking table tests to simulate earthquake responses of passive control structures	p. 431
Study on performance-based seismic design of foundations and geotechnical structures	p. 437
Nonlinear soil-pile-structure interaction for structures resting on a 2 x 2 pile group under earthquake excitations	p. 441
Displacement-loading modes of low-cycle test simulating earthquake response of structure	p. 447
Loading method for quasi-static and pseudodynamic test	p. 453
Author index	p. 459