Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation

Seismic Hazard and Extreme Motions. - Data Needs for Improved Seismic Hazard Analysis. - Capturing and Limiting Groundmotion Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Assessment. - Long-Period Ground Motions from Digital Acceleration Recordings: A New Era in Engineering Seismology. - Observed Ground Motions, Extreme Ground Motions, and Physical Limits to Ground Motions. - Engineering Uses of Strong Motion Seismograms. - Raised Drift Demands for Framed Buildings during Near-Field Earthquakes. - Impact of Near-Fault Pulses on Engineering Design. - Rapid Assessment of Building Response Using Generalized Interstory Drift Spectra. - Influence of Ground Motion Intensity on the Performance of Low- and Mid-Rise Ordinary Concrete Buildings. - Arrays and Observations. - Integrated Surface and Borehole Strong-Motion, Soil-Response Arrays in San Francisco, California. - Structural Monitoring Arrays Past, Present and Future. - Development of Strong-Motion Observation Network Constructed by NIED. - Dense Strong-Motion Array in Yokohama, Japan, and Its Use for Disaster Management. - The Cosmos Virtual Data Center. - Site-Dependent Ground-motion Data Recorded by German Taskforce in Turkey. - Observation and Prediction of Strong Ground Motion in China. - Strong Motion Instrumentation Programs in Taiwan. - Strong-Motion Data Acquisition, Processing and Utilization with Applications to Istanbul Strong Motion Network.