Review Articles:

W. H. K Lee, M. Çelebi, M. I. Todorovska, and H. Igel

Introduction to the Special Issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 945-957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Review: Progress in Rotational Ground-Motion Observations from Explosions and Local Earthquakes in Taiwan
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 958-967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. D. Trifunac

Review: Rotations in Structural Response
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 968-979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Lantz, R. Schofield, B. O’Reilly, D. E. Clark, and D. DeBra

Review: Requirements for a Ground Rotation Sensor to Improve Advanced LIGO
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 980-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Riccardo DeSalvo

Review: Accelerometer Development for Use in Gravitational Wave-Detection Interferometers
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 990-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jan T. Kozák

Tutorial on Earthquake Rotational Effects: Historical Examples
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 998-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Pujol

Tutorial on Rotations in the Theories of Finite Deformation and Micropolar (Cosserat) Elasticity
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1011-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roman Teisseyre

Tutorial on New Developments in the Physics of Rotational Motions
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1028-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Zbigniew Zembaty

Tutorial on Surface Rotations from Wave Passage Effects: Stochastic Spectral Approach
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1040-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Randall D. Peters

Tutorial on Gravitational Pendulum Theory Applied to Seismic Sensing of Translation and Rotation
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1050-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vladimir Graizer

Review Article: Tutorial on Measuring Rotations Using Multipendulum Systems
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1064-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John R. Evans and International Working Group on Rotational Seismology

Suggested Notation Conventions for Rotational Seismology
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1073-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. F. Grekova and W. H. K. Lee

Suggested Readings in Continuum Mechanics and Earthquake Seismology
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1076-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Article:

W. H. K. Lee

A Glossary for Rotational Seismology
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1082-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Articles:

Leon Knopoff and Yun-Tai Chen

Single-Couple Component of Far-Field Radiation from Dynamical Fractures
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1091-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert J. Twiss

An Asymmetric Micropolar Moment Tensor Derived from a Discrete-Block Model for a Rotating Granular Substructure
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1103-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roman Teisseyre and Marek Górski

Fundamental Deformations in Asymmetric Continuum
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1132-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eugeniusz Majewski

Spinors and Twistors in the Description of Rotational Seismic Waves and Spin and Twist Solitons
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1137-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Godinho, P. Amado Mendes, A. Tadeu, A. Cadena-Isaza, C. Smerzini, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, R. Madec, and D. Komatitsch

Numerical Simulation of Ground Rotations along 2D Topographical Profiles under the Incidence of Elastic Plane Waves
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1147-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Electronic Supplement]  

Haijiang Wang, Heiner Igel, Frantisek Gallovic, and Alain Cochard

Source and Basin Effects on Rotational Ground Motions: Comparison with Translations
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1162-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Akiteru Takamori, Akito Araya, Yuji Otake, Koji Ishidoshiro, and Masaki Ando

Research and Development Status of a New Rotational Seismometer Based on the Flux Pinning Effect of a Superconductor
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1174-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ramanath Cowsik, Tsitsi Madziwa-Nussinov, Kasey Wagoner, Douglas Wiens, and Michael Wysession

Performance Characteristics of a Rotational Seismometer for Near-Field and Engineering Applications
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1181-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. U. Schreiber, J. N. Hautmann, A. Velikoseltsev, J. Wassermann, H. Igel, J. Otero, F. Vernon, and J.-P. R. Wells

Ring Laser Measurements of Ground Rotations for Seismology
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1190-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Widmer-Schnidrig and W. Zürn

Perspectives for Ring Laser Gyroscopes in Low-Frequency Seismology
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1199-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. U. Schreiber, A. Velikoseltsev, A. J. Carr, and R. Franco-Anaya

The Application of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for the Measurement of Rotations in Structural Engineering
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1207-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert L. Nigbor, John R. Evans, and Charles R. Hutt

Laboratory and Field Testing of Commercial Rotational Seismometers
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1215-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chun-Chi Liu, Bor-Shouh Huang, William H. K. Lee, and Chin-Jen Lin

Observing Rotational and Translational Ground Motions at the HGSD Station in Taiwan from 2007 to 2008
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1228-1236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chin-Jen Lin, Chun-Chi Liu, and William H. K. Lee

Recording Rotational and Translational Ground Motions of Two TAIGER Explosions in Northeastern Taiwan on 4 March 2008
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1237-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shigeo Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, and Takashi Satoh

Tilt Motions Recorded at Two WISE Sites for the 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake (M 8.3)
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1251-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Reza Ghayamghamian, G. Reza Nouri, Heiner Igel, and Tetsuo Tobita

The Effect of Torsional Ground Motion on Structural Response: Code Recommendation for Accidental Eccentricity
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1261-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marco Stupazzini, Josep de la Puente, Chiara Smerzini, Martin Käser, Heiner Igel, and Alberto Castellani

Study of Rotational Ground Motion in the Near-Field Region
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1271-1286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Charles A. Langston, W. H. K. Lee, C. J. Lin, and C. C. Liu

Seismic-Wave Strain, Rotation, and Gradiometry for the 4 March 2008 TAIGER Explosions
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1287-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andreas Fichtner and Heiner Igel

Sensitivity Densities for Rotational Ground-Motion Measurements
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1302-1314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Electronic Supplement]  

N. D. Pham, H. Igel, J. Wassermann, M. Käser, J. de la Puente, and U. Schreiber

Observations and Modeling of Rotational Signals in the P Coda: Constraints on Crustal Scattering
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1315-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert Pillet, Anne Deschamps, Denis Legrand, Jean Virieux, Nicole Béthoux, and Ben Yates

Interpretation of Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Horizontal Data Seismic Background Noise
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1333-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Thomas Forbriger

About the Nonunique Sensitivity of Pendulum Seismometers to Translational, Angular, and Centripetal Acceleration
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1343-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. D. Pham, H. Igel, J. Wassermann, A. Cochard, and U. Schreiber

The Effects of Tilt on Interferometric Rotation Sensors
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1352-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vladimir Graizer

The Response to Complex Ground Motions of Seismometers with Galperin Sensor Configuration
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1366-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. W. Lee and M. D. Trifunac

Empirical Scaling of Rotational Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1378-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Gicev and M. D. Trifunac

Transient and Permanent Rotations in a Shear Layer Excited by Strong Earthquake Pulses
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1391-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Reza S. Jalali and Mihailo D. Trifunac

Response Spectra for Near-Source, Differential, and Rotational Strong Ground Motion
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1404-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [CORRECTION]  

Short Notes:

Mikhail Kulesh

Waves in Linear Elastic Media with Microrotations, Part 1: Isotropic Full Cosserat Model
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1416-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. F. Grekova, M. A. Kulesh, and G. C. Herman

Waves in Linear Elastic Media with Microrotations, Part 2: Isotropic Reduced Cosserat Model
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1423-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ana M. G. Ferreira and Heiner Igel

Rotational Motions of Seismic Surface Waves in a Laterally Heterogeneous Earth
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1429-1436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. W. Dunn, H. H. Mahdi, and H. J. Al-Shukri

Design of a Relatively Inexpensive Ring Laser Seismic Detector
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1437-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Jedlicka, J. Buben, and J. Kozák

Strong-Motion Fluid Rotation Seismograph
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1443-1448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joachim Wassermann, Susanne Lehndorfer, Heiner Igel, and Ulrich Schreiber

Performance Test of a Commercial Rotational Motions Sensor
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1449-1456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Electronic Supplement]  

Minoru Takeo

Rotational Motions Observed during an Earthquake Swarm in April 1998 Offshore Ito, Japan
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1457-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chien-Fu Wu, William H. K. Lee, and Huey-Chu Huang

Array Deployment to Observe Rotational and Translational Ground Motions along the Meishan Fault, Taiwan: A Progress Report
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1468-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susanne L. Sargeant and Roger M. W. Musson

Rotational Earthquake Effects in the United Kingdom
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1475-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul Spudich and Jon B. Fletcher

Software for Inference of Dynamic Ground Strains and Rotations and Their Errors from Short Baseline Array Observations of Ground Motions
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1480-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Electronic Supplement]  

Zbigniew Zembaty

Rotational Seismic Load Definition in Eurocode 8, Part 6, for Slender Tower-Shaped Structures
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2009 99: 1483-1485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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