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Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History is the first comprehensive treatment of the engineering techniques devised around the world to address seismic problems. Beginning in ancient times, threading through the Renaissance, and continuing into the latter half of the 20th century, Reitherman traces the evolution of humankind's understanding of the cause and characteristics of earthquakes and the development of methods to design structures that resist seismic shocks. This book examines the responses not only of structural engineers, but also of geotechnical engineers, architects, and planners. International efforts in such countries as Japan, China, India, Chile, Turkey, Italy, and the United States are placed in the broader social, technological, and economic contexts of their eras. This highly readable book is an essential reference for civil engineers who work on projects in seismic regions. For researchers in the field of the history of science and technology, the book presents original source material and an extensive list of references. Written in a straightforward style that is accessible to nonengineers, it will also be valuable to architects, planners, officials, and social scientists.
Earthquake engineering --- Engineering. --- Earthquakes --- History and Heritage --- Engineering history --- Seismic design --- Seismic tests --- Developing countries --- Geotechnical engineering --- Asia --- Japan --- China --- India --- Chile --- South America --- Turkey --- Middle East --- History.
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Significant Changes to Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10: An Illustrated Guide focuses on the revisions to the seismic load requirements set forth in the latest edition of the Standard for minimum design loads. Mirroring the organization of the seismic chapters in ASCE 7-10, this handy reference briefly summarizes each change to the seismic provisions that might affect actual practice or enforcement and immediately follows up with the precise wording of the change. The impact of each update is explained in clear, straightforward language accompanied by diagrams, examples, and color photographs and illustrations to enrich the reader's understanding. Significant Changes to the Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10: An Illustrated Guide translates the changes to the seismic provisions of ASCE Standard 7-10 into a form readily accessible by structural engineers, architects, contractors, building officials and inspectors, and allied professionals.
Earthquake resistant design --- Buildings --- Seismic design --- Seismic tests --- Seismic loads --- Professional societies --- Building design --- Standards and codes --- Seismic effects --- Ground motion --- Standards
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Prepared by the Task Committee on Seismic Evaluation and Design of the Petrochemical Committee of the Energy Division of ASCE. This report offers practical recommendations regarding the design and safety of petrochemical facilities during and following an earthquake. For new facilities, the recommendations focus on interpreting of the intent of building codes as applied to petrochemical facilities; the report also gives practical guidance on design details and considerations that are not included in building codes. For existing facilities, the guidelines offer evaluation methodologies that rely heavily on experience from past earthquakes, coupled with focused analyses. These guidelines will be valuable to structural design engineers, local building authorities, and operating personnel responsible for establishing seismic design and construction standards.
Petroleum refineries --- Earthquake engineering. --- Seismic design --- Building design --- Seismic tests --- Chemicals --- Petroleum --- Structural design --- Earthquakes --- Existing buildings --- California --- United States --- Design and construction.
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Building, Iron and steel --- Steel framing (Building) --- Earthquake resistant design. --- Aseismic design --- Seismic design --- Earthquake engineering --- Structural design --- Vertical evacuation structures --- Framing (Building) --- Steel, Structural --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Iron and steel building --- Iron construction --- Steel and iron building --- Steel construction --- Girders --- Graphic statics --- Iron --- Steel --- Iron, Structural --- Earthquake effects. --- Vibration.
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Current knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in topics related to the seismic performance and risk assessment of different types of structures and building stock are addressed in the book, with emphasis on probabilistic methods. The first part addresses the global risk components, as well as seismic hazard and ground motions, whereas the second, more extensive part presents recent advances in methods and tools for the seismic performance and risk assessment of structures. The book contains examples of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete buildings, as well as some examples related to various types of infrastructure, such as bridges and concrete gravity dams. The book's aim is to make a contribution towards the mitigation of seismic risk by presenting advanced methods and tools which can be used to achieve well-informed decision-making, this being the key element for the future protection of the built environment against earthquakes. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduate students and practicing engineers working in the fields of natural hazards, earthquake, structural and geotechnical engineering, and computational mechanics, but it may also be attractive to other experts working in the fields related to social and economic impact of earthquakes.
Buildings -- Earthquake effects. --- Earthquake engineering. --- Earthquake hazard analysis. --- Earthquake resistant design. --- Earthquakes -- Safety measures. --- Emergency management. --- Structural dynamics. --- Earthquake engineering --- Earthquake resistant design --- Earthquake hazard analysis --- Buildings --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Earthquake effects --- Earthquake effects. --- Earthquakes and building --- Aseismic design --- Seismic design --- Earth sciences. --- Natural disasters. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Civil engineering. --- Earth Sciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Civil Engineering. --- Natural Hazards. --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Engineering geology --- Shear walls --- Structural design --- Vertical evacuation structures --- Geology. --- Public works --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology
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This concise work provides a general introduction to the design of buildings which must be resistant to the effect of earthquakes. A major part of this design involves the building structure which has a primary role in preventing serious damage or structural collapse. Much of the material presented in this book examines building structures. Due to the recent discovery of vertical components, it examines not only the resistance to lateral forces but also analyses the disastrous influence of vertical components. Much attention is directed to the Eurocode 8. The work is written for Practicing Civil, Structural, and Mechanical Engineers, Seismologists and Geoscientists. It serves as a knowledge source for graduate students and their instructors.
Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Buildings --- Earthquake resistant design. --- Earthquake effects. --- Aseismic design --- Seismic design --- Earthquakes and building --- Engineering. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Structural mechanics. --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Building Construction. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Design and construction. --- Earthquake engineering --- Structural design --- Vertical evacuation structures --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Architectural engineering --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Design and construction
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