Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures II.Vol.2

Part I Ground Motion, Rotations and Wave Propagation Effects.- A general procedure for selecting and scaling ground motion records for nonlinear analysis of asymmetric-plan buildings.- Prediction of the "average" peak nonlinear seismic response of asymmetric buildings under bi-directional ground motion acting at an arbitrary angle of incidence.- Evaluation of torsional component of ground motion by different methods using dense array data.- Estimation of rotational ground motion effects on the Bell Tower of Parma Cathedral.-FOSREM - Fibre-Optic System for Rotational Events & Phenomena Monitoring: construction, investigation and area of application.- Application of rotation rate sensors in measuring beam flexure and structural health monitoring.- Asymmetric continuum with shear and rotation strains including quantum synchronous processes.- Part II Seismic Analysis and Design of Irregular Structures.- Seismic assessment of RC frame buildings.- Torsional index of an asymmetric building based on mode shape.- An approximate method for assessing the seismic response of irregular in elevation asymmetric buildings.- Application of Nonlinear Static Procedures for the Seismic Assessment of a 9-Storey Asymmetric Plan Building.- Seismic assessment of an existing irregular RC building according to Eurocode 8 methods.- The concrete strength variability as source of irregularity for RC existing buildings.- The influence of axial load variation on the seismic performance of RC buildings.- Parametric study of inelastic seismic response of reinforced concrete frame buildings.- Seismic upgrading of vertically irregular existing r.c. frames by BRBs.- Application of nonlinear static method with corrective eccentricities to steel multi-storey braced buildings.- Influence of the interaction yield domain on lateral-torsional coupling of asymmetric single-storey systems.- Improved nonlinear static methods for prediction of the seismic response ofasymmetric