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Buildings --- Earthquake effects. --- Earthquakes and building

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72.02 --- Bouwtechniek: methoden en materialen --- Architecture --- Buildings --- Conservation and restoration. --- Earthquake effects. --- 72.02 Bouwtechniek: methoden en materialen --- Buildings, Restoration of --- Conservation of buildings --- Restoration of buildings --- Earthquakes and building --- Conservation and restoration --- Earthquake effects --- Restoration --- Repair and reconstruction

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Building, Adobe. --- Buildings --- Earthquake engineering. --- Historic buildings --- Earthquake effects. --- Protection --- Historic houses, etc. --- Historical buildings --- Architecture --- Monuments --- Historic sites --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Engineering geology --- Shear walls --- Earthquakes and building --- Adobe construction --- Earth construction

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This open access book presents a methodology for the assessment of structural building details, taking into account the contemporary guidelines for earthquake-resistant and energy-efficient buildings. A review of structural details for energy-efficient buildings revealed that in some cases the structural system is interrupted, leading to solutions which are not suitable for earthquake-prone regions. Such typical examples would be the use of thermal insulation under the building foundation and reduction of the load-bearing elements’ dimensions – also at the potential locations of plastic hinges which are crucial for the dissipation of seismic energy. The proposed methodology of assessment favours a collaboration of architects, engineers, contractors and investors in the early stage of building design. By this the methodology enables efficient decision-making and contributes to a selection of optimal building structural details. The book starts by presenting the typical structural details of the thermal envelope of energy-efficient buildings together with the scientific background required for understanding the process of detail development from all the relevant aspects. Over 20 examples of most frequent details are described and analysed to raise awareness of the importance of earthquake resistance, sustainability, energy-efficiency and thermal comfort for users

Architecture and energy conservation. --- Buildings --- Earthquake resistant design. --- Sustainable buildings. --- Earthquake effects. --- Ecologically sustainable buildings --- Environmentally sustainable buildings --- Green buildings (Green technology) --- Sustainable development --- Aseismic design --- Seismic design --- Earthquake engineering --- Structural design --- Vertical evacuation structures --- Earthquakes and building --- Energy conservation and architecture --- Energy efficient buildings --- Energy conservation --- Zero energy buildings --- energy-efficient buildings --- earthquake engineering --- structural design --- energy-efficiency --- earthquake-resistant construction

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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