Earthquake Design Practice for BuildingsIllustrated and with a large number of photographs, diagrams and graphs, this title is a sound guide not only to the practising engineer who is unfamiliar with the concepts of seismic design but also to those familiar with the concepts but who want a concise design guide to what is sound engineering practice. |
Contents
The lessons from earthquake | 1 |
Ground motion | 23 |
The calculation of structural | 41 |
Isolation and energy absorbers | 69 |
Conceptual design | 81 |
Design codes and lateral force | 91 |
Reinforced concrete design | 103 |
Structural steelwork design | 133 |
steel beams 8 8 Design of steel columns | 151 |
Foundations | 157 |
Masonry | 177 |
Nonstructural elements | 189 |
References | 207 |
Computer programs | 213 |
Common terms and phrases
analysis approach bars base shear beam beam-column joint bending buckling Building Seismic Safety calculated capacity design Chapter coefficient column compression connections damage damper degree of freedom depth displacement ductility dynamic Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Engineering Research effect elastic elements energy-absorbing equation factor failure flange floor foundation given ground acceleration ground motion horizontal increase lateral forces lateral load lbf/in² linear M₁ major earthquake masonry maximum ment method modes N/mm² natural frequency Newmark non-linear non-structural normal occur panel zone peak acceleration peak ground acceleration photograph by courtesy pile plastic hinge Poisson's ratio precast prestressed prestressed concrete quake ratio reinforced concrete resistance response spectrum seismic design Seismic Safety Council shear modulus shear strength shear wall shown in Fig single degree slab soil spectra splices steel stiffness stirrups storey strength structure tanks tension tion torsional vertical vibration welded yield strength yield stress Young's modulus