简介：SubscriptionsEarthquakeEngineeringandEngineeringVibration(PrintISSN1671-3664,CN23-1496/Pwww.iem.net.cn/eeev)ispublishedbiannuallybytheChinaSciencePress.SubscriptionRatesVolume2,2005,2issues?80.00forinstitutionsand?60.00forindividualsformainlandofChina;andUS$80.00andUS$60.00(includingairmailpostage)forinsti-tutionsandindividuals,respectivelyforotherregions.

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简介：Journalwebsite:http://www.springerlink.comAIMSANDSCOPEThisjournalisestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.Toaccomplishthispurpose,thejournalaimstoattractabalancednumberofpapersbetweenChineseand

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简介：ThisjournalisestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.

简介：Thisjournal,publishedbiannually,isestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,incooperationwiththeMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch(MCEER),UniversityatBuffalo,StateUniversityofNewYork,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.

简介：Thisjournal,publishedbiannually,isestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,incooperationwiththeMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch(MCEER),UniversityatBuffalo,StateUniversityofNewYork,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.

简介：Thisjournal,publishedbiannually,isestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,incooperationwiththeMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch(MCEER),UniversityatBuffalo,StateUniversityofNewYork,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.

简介：ThedevelopmentofearthquakeengineeringinChinaisdescribedintothreestages.Theinitialstagein1950's-1960'swasmarkedwiththeinitiationofthisbranchofsciencefromitscreationinthefirstnational12-yearplanofscienceandtechnologybyspecifyingearthquakeengineeringasabranchitemandIEMwasoneparticipant.Thefirstearthquakezonationmapandthefirstseismicdesigncodeweresooncompletedandusedinengineeringdesign.Siteeffectonstructuraldesignandsiteselectionwereseriouslystudied.ThesecondstagemarkedwiththeoccurrenceofquiteafewstrongearthquakesinChina,fromwhichmanylessonswerelearnedandcorrespondingconsiderationswerespecifiedinourdesigncodesandfollowedinconstructionpractice.Thethirdstageisastageofdisastermanagement,whichismarkedbyaseriesofgovernmentdocumentations,leadingbyanationallawofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaontheprotectingagainstandmitigatingearthquakedisastersadoptedatthemeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressofthePeople'sRepublicofChinain1997,andthenfollowedbysomeprovincialandmunicipallawstoforcetheactionsoutlinedinthenationallaw.Itmaybeexpectedthatoursocietywillbemuchmoresafertoresisttheattackoffuturestrongearthquakeswithlesslosses.Lastly,possiblefuturedevelopmentsarealsodiscussed.

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简介：ExperimentalstudieshavebeenconductedontheacousticeffectsofKLEIN-510subbottomprofilerfordifferentsedimentarylayersinestuaryandbayareas.Sedimentarylayerboundariescanberecordedclearlyandcontinuouslybythisinstrumentandthencomparedwiththeresultsfromdrillingcorestorevealsomevariationsofsedimentaryenvironments.Withthisinstrument,theaveragedepositratecanbedeterminedandthebed-rockbeneaththeseabottomcanbefoundout.

简介：-Thispaperdiscussestheapplicationoffractaldimensionandfractalsinoceanengineering.Tohandlesomeoceanenvironmentproblems,theexistingfractalmethod,inwhichthefractaldimensionisaconstant,canbeused.Forsomecomplicatedproblemsinoceanengineering,thispaperpresentstheconceptofthevariabledimensionfractals(D=f(r)),i.e.,thefractaldimensionDisthefunctionofcharacteristicscalerinsteadofaconstant.Byusingvariabledimensionfractals,severaldeformationandstressstatesofoffshorestructuresaredescribed.

简介：Inhighlypopulatedurbancenters,traditionalseismicsurveysourcescannolongerbeproperlyappliedduetorestrictionsinmoderncivilianlifestyles.Theambientvibrationnoise,includingbothmicroseismsandmicrotremor,thougharegenerallyweakbutavailableanywhereandanytime,canbeanidealsupplementarysourceforconductingseismicsurveysforengineeringseismologyandearthquakeengineering.Thisisfundamentallysupportedbyadvanceddigitalsignalprocessingtechniquesforeffectivelyextractingtheusefulinformationoutfromthenoise.Thus,itcanbeessentiallyregardedasapassiveseismicmethod.Inthispaperwefirstmakeabriefsurveyoftheambientvibrationnoise,followedbyaquicksummaryofdigitalsignalprocessingforpassiveseismicsurveys.ThentheapplicationsofambientnoiseinengineeringseismologyandearthquakeengineeringforurbansettingsareillustratedwithexamplesfromBeijingmetropolitanarea.Forengineeringseismologytheexampleistheassessmentofsiteeffectinalargeareaviamicrotremorobservations.Forearthquakeengineeringtheexampleisforstructuralcharacterizationofatypicalreinforcedconcretehigh-risebuildingusingbackgroundvibrationnoise.Byshowingtheseexampleswearguethattheambientnoisecanbetreatedasanewsourcethatiseconomical,practical,andparticularlyvaluabletoengineeringseismologyandearthquakeengineeringprojectsforseismichazardmitigationinurbanareas.