简介:Asaresultofrapideconomicgrowthandurbanizationinthepasttwodecades,manytallbuildingshavebeenconstructedinChinaMainland,offeringresearchersandpractitionersanexcellentopportunityforresearchandpracticeinthefieldofstructuralengineering.ThispaperreviewsprogressbyresearchersthroughoutChinaMainlandontheseismicresearchoftallbuildings,focusingonthreemajortopicsthatimpacttheseismicperformanceoftallbuildings.Theseare:(1)newtypesofsteel-concretecompositestructuralmemberssuchassteel-concretecompositeshearwallsandcolumns,(2)earthquakeresilientshearwallstructuressuchasshearwallswithreplaceablestructuralcomponents,self-centeringshearwallsandrockingwalls,and(3)performance-basedseismicdesign,includingseismicperformanceindex,performancelevelanddesignmethod.Thepaperconcludesbypresentingfutureresearchneedsanddirectionsinthisfield.