BSSA Special Issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications, May 2009, published!

Introduction to the Special Issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications
W. H. K. Lee, M. Çelebi, M. I. Todorovska, and H. Igel (free access here)

Review: Progress in Rotational Ground-Motion Observations from Explosions and Local Earthquakes in Taiwan
William H. K. Lee, Bor-Shouh Huang, Charles A. Langston, Chin-Jen Lin, Chun-Chi Liu, Tzay-Chyn Shin, Ta-Liang Teng, and Chien-Fu Wu
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Review: Rotations in Structural Response
M. D. Trifunac
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Review: Requirements for a Ground Rotation Sensor to Improve Advanced LIGO
B. Lantz, R. Schofield, B. O’Reilly, D. E. Clark, and D. DeBra
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Review: Accelerometer Development for Use in Gravitational Wave-Detection Interferometers
Riccardo DeSalvo
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Tutorial on Earthquake Rotational Effects: Historical Examples
Jan T. Kozák
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Tutorial on Rotations in the Theories of Finite Deformation and Micropolar (Cosserat) Elasticity
J. Pujol
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Tutorial on New Developments in the Physics of Rotational Motions
Roman Teisseyre
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Tutorial on Surface Rotations from Wave Passage Effects: Stochastic Spectral Approach
Zbigniew Zembaty
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Tutorial on Gravitational Pendulum Theory Applied to Seismic Sensing of Translation and Rotation
Randall D. Peters
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Tutorial on Measuring Rotations Using Multipendulum Systems
Vladimir Graizer
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Suggested Notation Conventions for Rotational Seismology
John R. Evans and International Working Group on Rotational Seismology
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Suggested Readings in Continuum Mechanics and Earthquake Seismology
E. F. Grekova and W. H. K. Lee
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A Glossary for Rotational Seismology
W. H. K. Lee
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Single-Couple Component of Far-Field Radiation from Dynamical Fractures
Leon Knopoff and Yun-Tai Chen
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An Asymmetric Micropolar Moment Tensor Derived from a Discrete-Block Model for a Rotating Granular Substructure
Robert J. Twiss
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Fundamental Deformations in Asymmetric Continuum
Roman Teisseyre and Marek Górski
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Spinors and Twistors in the Description of Rotational Seismic Waves and Spin and Twist Solitons
Eugeniusz Majewski
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Numerical Simulation of Ground Rotations along 2D Topographical Profiles under the Incidence of Elastic Plane Waves
L. Godinho, P. Amado Mendes, A. Tadeu, A. Cadena-Isaza, C. Smerzini, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, R. Madec, and D. Komatitsch
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Electronic Supplement: Analysis of the dependence of rotational motion on incident plane-wave frequency.

Source and Basin Effects on Rotational Ground Motions: Comparison with Translations
Haijiang Wang, Heiner Igel, František Gallovič, and Alain Cochard
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Research and Development Status of a New Rotational Seismometer Based on the Flux Pinning Effect of a Superconductor
Akiteru Takamori, Akito Araya, Yuji Otake, Koji Ishidoshiro, and Masaki Ando
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Performance Characteristics of a Rotational Seismometer for Near-Field and Engineering Applications
Ramanath Cowsik, Tsitsi Madziwa-Nussinov, Kasey Wagoner, Douglas Wiens, and Michael Wysession
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Ring Laser Measurements of Ground Rotations for Seismology
K. U. Schreiber, J. N. Hautmann, A. Velikoseltsev, J. Wassermann, H. Igel, J. Otero, F. Vernon, and J.-P. R. Wells
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Perspectives for Ring Laser Gyroscopes in Low-Frequency Seismology
R. Widmer-Schnidrig and W. Zürn
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The Application of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for the Measurement of Rotations in Structural Engineering
K. U. Schreiber, A. Velikoseltsev, A. J. Carr, and R. Franco-Anaya
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Laboratory and Field Testing of Commercial Rotational Seismometers
Robert L. Nigbor, John R. Evans, and Charles R. Hutt
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Observing Rotational and Translational Ground Motions at the HGSD Station in Taiwan from 2007 to 2008
Chun-Chi Liu, Bor-Shouh Huang, William H. K. Lee, and Chin-Jen Lin
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Recording Rotational and Translational Ground Motions of Two TAIGER Explosions in Northeastern Taiwan on 4 March 2008
Chin-Jen Lin, Chun-Chi Liu, and William H. K. Lee
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Tilt Motions Recorded at Two WISE Sites for the 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake (M 8.3)
Shigeo Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, and Takashi Satoh
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The Effect of Torsional Ground Motion on Structural Response: Code Recommendation for Accidental Eccentricity
M. Reza Ghayamghamian, G. Reza Nouri, Heiner Igel, and Tetsuo Tobita
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Study of Rotational Ground Motion in the Near-Field Region
Marco Stupazzini, Josep de la Puente, Chiara Smerzini, Martin Käser, Heiner Igel, and Alberto Castellani
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Seismic-Wave Strain, Rotation, and Gradiometry for the 4 March 2008 TAIGER Explosions
Charles A. Langston, W. H. K. Lee, C. J. Lin, and C. C. Liu
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Sensitivity Densities for Rotational Ground-Motion Measurements
Andreas Fichtner and Heiner Igel
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Electronic Supplement: Slices through 3D sensitivity kernels of the apparent shear-wave speed.

Observations and Modeling of Rotational Signals in the P Coda: Constraints on Crustal Scattering
N. D. Pham, H. Igel, J. Wassermann, M. Käser, J. de la Puente, and U. Schreiber
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Interpretation of Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Horizontal Data Seismic Background Noise
Robert Pillet, Anne Deschamps, Denis Legrand, Jean Virieux, Nicole Béthoux, and Ben Yates
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About the Nonunique Sensitivity of Pendulum Seismometers to Translational, Angular, and Centripetal Acceleration
Thomas Forbriger
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The Effects of Tilt on Interferometric Rotation Sensors
N. D. Pham, H. Igel, J. Wassermann, A. Cochard, and U. Schreiber
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The Response to Complex Ground Motions of Seismometers with Galperin Sensor Configuration
Vladimir Graizer
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Empirical Scaling of Rotational Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion
V. W. Lee and M. D. Trifunac
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Transient and Permanent Rotations in a Shear Layer Excited by Strong Earthquake Pulses
V. Gičev and M. D. Trifunac
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Response Spectra for Near-Source, Differential, and Rotational Strong Ground Motion
Reza S. Jalali and Mihailo D. Trifunac
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Waves in Linear Elastic Media with Microrotations, Part 1: Isotropic Full Cosserat Model
Mikhail Kulesh
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Waves in Linear Elastic Media with Microrotations, Part 2: Isotropic Reduced Cosserat Model
E. F. Grekova, M. A. Kulesh, and G. C. Herman
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Rotational Motions of Seismic Surface Waves in a Laterally Heterogeneous Earth
Ana M. G. Ferreira and Heiner Igel
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Design of a Relatively Inexpensive Ring Laser Seismic Detector
R. W. Dunn, H. H. Mahdi, and H. J. Al-Shukri
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Strong-Motion Fluid Rotation Seismograph
P. Jedlička, J. Buben, and J. Kozák
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Performance Test of a Commercial Rotational Motions Sensor
Joachim Wassermann, Susanne Lehndorfer, Heiner Igel, and Ulrich Schreiber
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Electronic Supplement: Digital seismograms with metadata for the demolition blast.

Rotational Motions Observed during an Earthquake Swarm in April 1998 Offshore Ito, Japan
Minoru Takeo
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Array Deployment to Observe Rotational and Translational Ground Motions along the Meishan Fault, Taiwan: A Progress Report
Chien-Fu Wu, William H. K. Lee, and Huey-Chu Huang
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Rotational Earthquake Effects in the United Kingdom
Susanne L. Sargeant and Roger M. W. Musson
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Software for Inference of Dynamic Ground Strains and Rotations and Their Errors from Short Baseline Array Observations of Ground Motions
Paul Spudich and Jon B. Fletcher
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Electronic Supplement: MATLAB scripts to calculate strain and rotation time series and errors, given array measurements of ground motions.

Rotational Seismic Load Definition in Eurocode 8, Part 6, for Slender Tower-Shaped Structures
Zbigniew Zembaty
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