Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering VII

Part 1 Engineering Seismology, Earthquake Hazards: Effects of ridge-like surface topography on seismic site response. Seismic refraction survey for continuously nonhomogeneous soils. Part 2 Ground Motions: Mechanisms of slope failure during strong ground motion in southern Italy - some historical evidence. Site response at Treasure Island. Part 3 Wave Propagation: Study of the response of cylindrical alluvial valleys of arbitrary cross-section to obliquely incident seismic waves using the discrete wavenumber boundary element method. A study on propagation characteristics of surface wave on sedimentary layers based on earthquake observations. Part 4 Dynamic Soils Properties: Particle packing of granular soils as affected by vibration. The stable state in cyclic loading. Part 5 Liquefaction: Liquefaction and dynamic properties of gravelly soils. Liquefaction of dilating granular soils. Part 6 Dynamic Response of Dams and Earth Structures: The preparation of an engineering guide to seismic risk to dams. Response of long gravity dams to incoherent seismic ground motions. Part 7 Soil Structure Interaction, Foundations, Piles: Seismic isolation - antifriction approach. Effects of soil-structure interaction on the seismic response of cable-supported bridges. Part 8 Earthquake Engineering of Structures: Inelastic torsional behaviour of structures designed to EC8. Probabilistic inelastic strength demand spectra for seismic design of structures. Part 9 Special Session on Hagia Sophia: Modelling and simulating earthquake accelerograms using strong motion data from the Istanbul, Turkey region. Materials analysis of the masonry of the Hagia Sophia Basilica, Istanbul.