1 Introduction1.1 Research Background1.2 Significance and Implication of Earthquake DisasterSimulation of Civil Infrastructures1.3 Research Framework and Contents 2 High-Fidelity Computational Models for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Tall Buildings2.1 Introduction2.2 Fiber-Beam Element Model2.2.1 Fundamental Principals2.2.2 Uniaxial Stress-Strain Model of Concrete2.2.3 Uniaxial Stress-Strain Model of Steel Reinforcement2.2.4 Validation Through Reinforced Concrete Specimens2.2.5 Stress-Strain Model of Composite Components2.3 Multilayer Shell Model2.3.1 Fundamental Principal2.3.2 High-Performance Flat Shell Element NLDKGQ2.3.3 Constitutive Model of Concrete and Steel2.3.4 Implementation of Multilayer Shell Element in OpenSees2.3.5 Validation Through Reinforced Concrete Specimens2.3.6 Collapse Simulation of an RC Frame Core-Tube Tall Building2.4 Hysteretic Hinge Model2.4.1 Overview2.4.2 The Proposed Hysteretic Hinge Model2.4.3 Validation of the Proposed Hysteretic Hinge Model2.5 Multi-scale Modeling2.5.1 Overview2.5.2 Interface Modeling2.6 Element Deactivation and Collapse Simulation2.6.1 Element Deactivation for Component Failure Simulation2.6.2 Visualization of the Movement of Deactivated Elements Using Physics Engine2.7 Summary 3 High-Performance Computing and Visualization for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Tall Buildings3.1 Introduction3.2 GPU-Based High-Performance Matrix Solvers for OpenSees3.2.1 Fundamental Conception of General-Purpose Computing on GPU (GPGPU)3.2.2 High-Performance Solver for Sparse System of Equations (SOE) in OpenSees3.2.3 Case Studies3.3 Physics Engine-Based High-Performance Visualization3.3.1 Overview3.3.2 Overall Visualization Framework3.3.3 Clustering-Based Key Frame Extractions3.3.4 Parallel Frame Interpolation3.3.5 Case Study3.4 Summary 4 Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Typical Supertall Buildings...4.1 Introduction4.2 Earthquake Disaster Simulation of the Shanghai Tower4.2.1 Overview of the Shanghai Tower4.2.2 Finite Element Model of the Shanghai Tower4.2.3 Earthquake-Induced Collapse Simulation4.2.4 Impact of Soil-Structure Interaction4.3 Earthquake Disaster Simulation of the Z15 Tower4.3.1 Introduction of the Z15 Tower4.3.2 The Finite Element Model4.3.3 Earthquake-Induced Collapse Simulation of the Haft-Braced Scheme4.3.4 Earthquake-Induced Collapse Simulation of the Fully Braced Scheme4.3.5 Comparison Between the Two Design Schemes4.4 Summary…… 5 Simplified Models for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Supertall Buildings 6 Engineering Application of Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Supertall Buildings 7 Comparison of Seismic Design and Performance of Tall Buildings Based on Chinese and US Design Codes 8 Nonlinear MDOF Models for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Urban Buildings 9 Visualization for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of UrbanBuildings 10 High-Performance Computing for Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Urban Buildings 11 Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Typical Urban Areas 12 Earthquake Loss Prediction for Typical Urban Areas 13 Conclusions