2008 seismic engineering conference commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria earthquake
Subtitle: Reggio Calabria, Italy, 8-11 July 2008
By: editors, Adolfo Santini, Nicola Moraci ; sponsoring organizations, Municipality of Reggio Calabria ... [et al.].
Contributors: Santini, Adolfo.; Moraci, Nicola.
Series: AIP conference proceedings -- v. 1020; AIP conference proceedings -- no. 1020.
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Melville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1967
ISBN-13: 9780735405424
Subjects: Earthquake engineering -- Congresses; Structural engineering -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Seismic engineering conference commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria earthquake; Conference commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria earthquake
Notes: "2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference Commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake (MERCEA '08)"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Special sessions: Steel shear walls for seismic applications ; Seismic retrofitting for the monumental cultural heritage in the Mediterranean Basin ; Structural control and monitoring; title: Conference topics: Site characterization, microzonation and site effects ; Soil liquifaction and liquifaction countermeasures ; Slope, embankments, dams and waste fills ; Foundations and soil-structure interaction ; Earth retaining structures and geosynthetics ; Codes and guidelines ; Structural engineering; title: pt. 2. Conference topics: Structural engineering [cont.] ; Numerical methods ; Passive protection devices and seismic isolation ; Advanced technologies in construction and retrofit of structures ; Seismic risk ; Structural safety and reliability ; Structural dynamics ; Urban planning for seismic risk reduction.