This book provides comprehensive, practical and easy to read advice for all engineers, designers and analysts of earthquake resistant structures. The entire text is completely revised to account for the many developments that have taken place since the publication of the best-selling first edition i
Earthquake design practice for buildings
โ Scribed by Booth, Edmund D
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 219
- Edition
- Third edition
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings, 3rd edition provides comprehensive, practical and easy to read advice for all engineers, designers and analysts of earthquake resistant structures. This new edition has been completely revised to account for the many developments that had taken place since the publication of the best-selling second edition.
Abstract:
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Contents: 1 The nature of earthquake risk and its mitigation 2 Ground motion 3 The calculation of structural response 4 Analysis of soils and soil-structure interaction 5 Initial planning considerations 6 Design codes 7 Design of foundations 8 Reinforced concrete design 9 Structural steelwork design 10 Masonry 11 Timber 12 Building contents and cladding 13 Isolation and energy absorbers 14 Assessment and strengthening of existing buildings
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