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This is the third book in a series on Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the scientific communities of Computational Mechanics and Structural Dynamics, offering a wide coverage of timely issues on contemporary Earthquake Engineering.

This volume will facilitate the exchange of ideas in topics of mutual interest and can serve as a platform for establishing links between research groups with complementary activities. The computational aspects are emphasized in order to address difficult engineering problems of great social and economic importance.

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Preface.- 1. Numerical Modeling Aspects of Buried Pipeline - Fault Crossing, by Vasileios E. Melissianos and Charis J. Gantes.- 2. Determination of the parameters of the directivity pulse embedded in near-fault ground motions and its effect on structural response, by Petros Mimoglou, Ioannis N. Psycharis and Ioannis M. Taflampas.- 3. Numerical Simulation of Liquid Sloshing in Tanks, by Zuhal Ozdemir, Yasin M. Fahjan and Mhamed Souli.- 4. Seismic Analysis of Structural Systems Subjected to Fully Non-Stationary Artificial Accelerograms, by Giuseppe Muscolino and Tiziana Alderucci.- 5. Elastic and Inelastic Analyses of Frames with a Force-based Higher-order 3D Beam Element Accounting for Axial-flexural-shear-torsional Interaction, by JoÆo P. Almeida, António A. Correia, and Rui Pinho.- 6. Improved Method for the Calculation of Plastic Rotation of Moment-Resisting Framed Structures for Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis, by Kevin K.F. Wong and Matthew S. Speicher.- 7. Seismic demand on acceleration-sensitive nonstructural components, by Gennaro Magliulo, Crescenzo Petrone and Gaetano Manfredi.- 8. Design of RC Sections with Single Reinforcement according to EC2-1-1 and the Rectangular Stress Distribution, by Vagelis Plevris and George Papazafeiropoulos.- 9. Multi-Storey Structures with Seismic Isolation at Storey-levels, by Marios C. Phocas and George Pamboris.- 10. Integration step size and its adequate selection in analysis of structural systems against earthquakes, by Aram Soroushian.- 11. Seismic fragility analysis of faulty smart structures, by Yeesock Kim and Jong-Wha Bai.- 12. Actuating connections for substrusture damage identification and health monitoring, by Stavros Chatzieleftheriou and Nikos D. Lagaros.- 13. Fuzzy Neural Network Based Response of Uncertain System Subject to Earthquake Motions, by S. Chakraverty and Deepti Moyi Sahoo.- 14. Smart control of seismically excited highway bridges, by Yeesock Kim and Aniket Anil Mahajan.- 15. A Real-Time Emergency Inspection Scheduling Tool Following a Seismic Event, by Nikos Ath. Kallioras and Nikos D. Lagaros.

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