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<正>Dear JEEEV Contributors,Readers and Friends,This current issue includes a special section of six papers on the subject ofState-of-the-art of hybrid testing method.We thank the guest editors Prof.Gilberto Mosqueda of the University of California,San Diego and Prof.Wang Tao of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics,China Earthquake Administration,and the managing executive editor Prof.Billie F.Spencer for their invaluable guidance.     

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As the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration enters its fourth year of publication, we believe the first six issues are on the right track toward promoting scientific exchange between China, the United States and the international community. Our contributors have hailed from many countries throughout the world including Canada, China, Greece, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Turkey and the United States.     

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The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by Springer Verlag. Beginning with Vol. 6, No. 1, four issues of about 100 pages each will be published each year. The journal will continue to be available in print format, and a new electronic offering will be accessible through SpringerLink, Springer's Internet portal. We believe that this change will furth…     

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Dear Members of the Editorial Board,Contributors and Friends of the journal,This issue of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration(Vol.20,No.1)includes two papers in a special section“Recent progress in evaluation and improvement on seismic resilience of engineering structures”.The special section aims to collect state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice research findings on the latest developments and challenges in seismic resilience evaluation.We thank guest editors Professor Wang Tao of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics,China Earthquake Administration and Professor Gian Paolo Cimellaro of the Politecnico di Torino,Italy,for their invaluable guidance.     

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正Dear Members of Editorial Board.Contributors and Friends of the journal of EEHV,This special issue on the"State-of-the-art and Future Challenges of Earthquake Engineering"is dedicated to today's young earthquake engineering researchers by describing certain insight of research opportunities in earthquake engineering.We express our sincere appreciation to the following individuals:Professor Gian Michele CALVI,Professor Kuo-Chun     

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正Dear Members of the Editorial Board,Contributors and Friends of the journal,2018 is the tenth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake disaster.With each earthquake disaster,the earthquake engineering community of researchers and practicing engineers must continue to learn from prior experience,with the goal of determining which aspects of design codes may be further improved.To commemorate the Wenchuan earthquake     

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Dear Contributors, Readers and Friends:This issue includes six papers on post-Wenchuan earthquake studies, representing just a small sample of the vast number of lessons learned from that devastating event in Sichuan, China. Since 2008, the world has experienced     

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<正>Dear Editorial Board Members, Contributors and Friends of EEEV,As co-editors of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, we regularly consider ideas and approaches to better serve the earthquake engineering community. This message is to seek your comments and suggestions on some new ideas that we     

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正Dear Members of the Editorial Board,Contributors and Friends,2018 is the tenth anniversary of the Wcnchuan earthquake disaster.To commemorate the Wenchuan earthquake disaster,the journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration(EEEV)will publish special sections with invited papers in the issues of 2018.We sincerely appreciate the contributions from the following experts:Professor Masayoshi NAKASHIMA.Professor Hongnan LI,and Professor Ying ZHOU.     

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Last year was a transformational one for us as Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changed from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and began publication as part of the Springer Verlag organization.     

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Dear Contributors, Readers and Friends:It has been three years since the 512 Wenchuan disaster. Restoration of the affected region has been rapidly progressing.At the same time, many post-earthquake research activities have been completed. In next issue, a special section isdevoted to lessons learned from the Great Wenchuan Earthquake.     

From the editors

The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by Springer Verlag. Beginning with Vol. 6, No. 1, four issues of about 100 pages each will be published each year. The journal will continue to be available in print format, and a new electronic offering will be accessible through SpringerLink, Springer's Internet portal. We believe     

From the editors

The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by     

From the editors

<正>Dear JEEEV Contributors, Readers and Friends,This first issue of the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration was born in June 2002 at the     

From the editors

正Dear Members of the Editorial Board, Contributors and Friends of the journal,This issue of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration(Vol. 19, No. 3) includes two papers in a special section Recent progress in evaluation and improvement on seismic resilience of engineering structures. The special