Propagation of earthquake waves in the ground and fundamentals of earthquake motion -- Introduction of seismic ground response analysis -- Input earthquake motions -- Fundamentals of soil mechanics -- In-situ soil testing -- Laboratory test and assemble of test result -- Estimation of mechanical soil properties -- Modeling of mechanical soil properties -- Equation of motion -- Equation of motion – spatial modeling -- Solution in time -- Evaluation of damping -- Evaluation of accuracy and earthquake motion indices -- Simulation of vertical arrays -- Effect of various factors from case studies.

This book presents state-of-the-art information on seismic ground response analysis, and is not only very valuable and useful for practitioners but also for researchers. The topics covered are related to the stages of analysis: 1. Input parameter selection, by reviewing the in-situ and laboratory tests used to determine dynamic soil properties as well as the methods to compile and model the dynamic soil properties from literature;2. Input ground motion; 3. Theoretical background on the equations of motion and methods for solving them; 4. The mechanism of damping and how this is modeled in the equations of motions; 5. Detailed analysis and discussion of results of selected case studies which provide valuable information on the problem of seismic ground response analysis from both a theoretical and practical point of view.