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CONTENTS Volume 7, Issue Nos 1-4 (1998) THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS Issue No. 1, MARCH Economic Analysis of Earthquake Retrofit Options: An Application to Welded Steel Moment Frames: C. C. Thiel Jr. and S. H. Hagen Seismic Design of a Tall Building with Energy Dissipation Damper for the Attenuation of Torsional Vibration: Y. Kurokawa, M. Sakamoto, T. Yamada, H. Kurino and A. Kunisue Real and Fictitious Elastic Axes of Multi-storey Buildings: Theory: T. Makarios and Bi: PE iv esesiasanninscisnccvcsntns deranbliichiadeqiaigiiitintceniseienildemgplaii atni Real and Fictitious Elastic Axes of Multi-storey Buildings: Applications: T. Makarios and Ita PRE RENEIEG Sc yac ansicncucantnvlSantdeeattces saedaagindalsvaUandnduuiaebycsm tdaotel Sescteearl miasaea decT E Seismic Behavior of High Strength Concrete Beams: Y. Xiao and R. Ma IIR iscsi sicceonscrnisia ia pesictieheig leila ane ana ban eaescdaehed cain alicaieadainlaasaanaiamaiahe CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 2, JUNE Evolution of Seismic Building Design Practice in Japan: A. Whittaker, J. Moehle and M. Higashino Ductility, Strength and Stability of Concrete-filled Fabricated Steel Box Columns for Tall Buildings: B. Uy Free Vibrations of Stiffened Coupled Shear Walls: J. S. Kuang and C. K. Chau Unified Dynamic Absorber Design Formulas for Wind-induced Vibration Control of Tall Buildings: C. C. Chang and W. L. Qu Free Longitudinal Vibrations of Tall Buildings and High-rise Structures: Q. S. Li, J. Q. Fang and A. P. Jeary CONFERENCE DIARY Indexed or abstracted by ‘Cambridge Scientific Abstracts’, ‘COMPENDEX* PLUS™”, ‘cCR/EC&T’, ‘The Shock and Vibration Digest’ VOLUME CONTENTS Issue No. 3, SEPTEMBER Performance of 20 Extensively-instrumented Buildings During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake: F. Naeim Research Overview: Seismic Response of Structures: F. Naeim Torsion in Tall Buildings by a Discrete Force Method: A. Nadjai and D. Johnson Experimental and Analytical Studies of Steel Plate Shear Walls as Applied to the Design of Tall Buildings: P. Timler, C. E. Ventura, H. Prion and R. Anjam Seismic Resistance of Steel Confined Reinforced Concrete (SCRC) Columns: R. S. Aboutaha and R. Machado CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 4, DECEMBER Evaluation of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Joints: A. Whittaker, A. Gilani and V. Bertero Interaction Based Analysis of Continuous Transfer Girder System Supporting In-Plane Loaded Coupled Shear Walls: J. S. Kuang and A. I. Atanda Propagation of Seismic Waves in Tall Buildings: E. Safak Vibration Analysis of Tall Buildings with Narrow Rectangular Plane Configuration: Q. S. Sls Tae es Pe its I Sc SII cin ancsnsvoncinnvtriaicl niecacotnsnimpninennnieshaeriestenesaianin e 307 Effects of Support Stiffnesses on Optimal Damper Placement for A Planar Building Frame: I. Takewaki and S. Yoshitomi OLDE RR oo ce eG eh suc daceac uta cavactemeecnueccuwcbesto ws saawe loin sdagplnodasdespeabeenc oma 337 Te css sc seas ics toes secscccmkaeuaon ke vaahi sn cy tunic eauaharcccrtn ea eee Seen aanER a cera an ata iatenccmeaeee teres 339