Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics provides a forum for the publication of papers on all aspects of engineering related to earthquakes. The Editors' policy is to maintain a reasonable balance between papers from research workers and from design engineers so that the Journal will be useful to both groups. The problems in this field and their solutions are international in character and require a knowledge of several traditional disciplines and the Journal will reflect this. The main subject of the Journal is earthquake engineering in all its varied aspects including seismology ground motion characteristics soil amplification and failure probabilistic and deterministic methods of dynamic analysis experimental behaviour of structures of all types methods of reducing the seismic response of structures including structural control base isolation and hybrid methods seismic code requirements and tsunamis. Methods for analysing the effects of earthquakes are applicable to the determination of the response of structures to other types of loading for example wind or wave loading. Thus papers on structural dynamics and control which are concerned with other forms of dynamic loading but have relevance to earthquake engineering problems will be welcome. The publication has the endorsement and support of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering and of the International Association for Structural Control.