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... GROUND-MOTION AND SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION The finite-element method was recommended f o r defining the stiffness of complex st r u c t u r a l systems. Modal superposition based on response-spectra techniques could greatly overestimate the t o t a l maximum response.

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