340 pages - Publisher: Imperial College Press; (February, 2006) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1860946216 - ISBN-13: 978-1860946219 ...
This book introduces new research topics in earthquake engineering
through the application of computational mechanics and computer science.
The topics covered discuss the evaluation of earthquake hazards such as
strong ground motion and faulting through applying advanced numerical
analysis methods, useful for estimating earthquake disasters. These
methods, based on recent progress in solid continuum mechanics and
computational mechanics, are summarized comprehensively for graduate
students and researchers in earthquake engineering. The coverage
includes stochastic modeling as well as several advanced computational
earthquake engineering topics.