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Recent progress of seismic research on tall buildings in China Mainland

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As a result of rapid economic growth and urbanization in the past two decades, many tall buildings have been constructed in China Mainland, offering researchers and practitioners an excellent opportunity for research and practice in the field of structural engineering. This paper reviews progress by researchers throughout China Mainland on the seismic research of tall buildings, focusing on three major topics that impact the seismic performance of tall buildings. These are: (1) new types of steel-concrete composite structural members such as steel-concrete composite shear walls and columns, (2) earthquake resilient shear wall structures such as shear walls with replaceable structural components, self-centering shear walls and rocking walls, and (3) performance-based seismic design, including seismic performance index, performance level and design method. The paper concludes by presenting future research needs and directions in this field.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Xilin Lu & Huanjun Jiang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Huanjun Jiang

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Supported by: National Natural Science Foundation Project under Grant No. 91315301-4; National Key Technology R&D Program under Grant No. 2012BAJ13B02

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Lu, X., Jiang, H. Recent progress of seismic research on tall buildings in China Mainland. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 13 (Suppl 1), 47–61 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0239-8

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