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Seismic Performance of Concrete Buildings

GeoEngineerings Friday, April 12, 2019 Books , Buildings , Concrete , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Liviu Crainic, Mihai Munteanu ... 260 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (December, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415631866 - ISBN-13: 978-0415631860 ...

This book examines and presents essential aspects of the behavior, analysis, design and detailing of reinforced concrete buildings subjected to strong seismic activity. Seismic design is an extremely complex problem that has seen spectacular development in the last decades. The present volume tries to show how the principles and methods of earthquake engineering can be applied to seismic analysis and design of reinforced concrete buildings. The book starts with an up-to-date presentation of fundamental aspects of reinforced concrete behavior quantified through constitutive laws for monotonic and hysteretic loading. Basic concepts of post-elastic analysis like plastic hinge, plastic length, fiber models, and stable and unstable hysteretic behaviour are, accordingly, defined and commented upon. For a deeper understanding of seismic design philosophy and of static and dynamic post-elastic analysis, seismic behavior of different types of reinforced concrete structures (frames, walls) is examined in detail. Next, up-to-date methods for analysis and design are presented. The powerful concept of structural system is defined and systematically used to explain the response to seismic activity, as well as the procedures for analysis and detailing of common building structures. Several case studies are presented. The book is not code-oriented. The structural design codes are subject to constant reevaluation and updating. Rather than presenting code provisions, this book offers a coherent system of notions, concepts and methods, which facilitate understanding and application of any design code.

Structural Dynamics and Probabilistic Analysis for Engineers

GeoEngineerings Sunday, April 07, 2019 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Giora Maymon ... 488 pages - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; (July, 2008) - Language: English - ASIN: B0089NV9FU by Amazon ...

Probabilistic structural dynamics offers unparalleled tools for analyzing uncertainties in structural design. Once avoided because it is mathematically rigorous, this technique has recently remerged with the aide of computer software. Written by an author/educator with 40 years of experience in structural design, this user friendly manual integrates theories, formulas and mathematical models to produce a guide that will allow professionals to quickly grasp concepts and start solving problems. In this book, the author uses simple examples that provide templates for creating of more robust case studies later in the book. Problems are presented in an easy to understand form + Practical guide to software programs to solve design problems + Packed with examples and case studies of actual projects + Classical and the new stochastic factors of safety.

Seismic Loads ASCE 7-05: Guide to the Seismic Load Provisions

GeoEngineerings Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Books , Codes , Dynamics , Earthquake

Finley A. Charney ... 246 pages - Publisher: ASCE Press (May, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0784410763 - ISBN-13: 978-0784410769 ...

Seismic Loads: Guide to the Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05 provides authoritative explanations of the seismic provisions offered in Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-05. With clear, concise language Seismic Loads illustrates the key concepts and guides structural engineers in applying the most current thinking in this rapidly changing discipline into the design of new structures. The book offers more than 20 detailed examples that analyze specific provisions of the standard and demonstrate the application of the provision in evaluating the seismic loading requirements for building structures. The examples guide structural engineers through the process of assessing conditions such as: identifying occupancy, importance, and seismic design categories, selecting a structural system, and analyzing the seismic requirements. Topics include building irregularities, structural analysis, system forces, and load factors, as well as drift and P-delta effects. Seismic Loads includes a frequently asked questions section and three appendixes with supplementary material.

Matrix Analysis Of Structural Dynamics

GeoEngineerings Monday, March 25, 2019 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Franklin Y. Cheng ... 997 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (September, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0824703871 - ISBN-13: 978-0824703875 ...

Uses state-of-the-art computer technology to formulate displacement method with matrix algebra. Facilitates analysis of structural dynamics and applications to earthquake engineering and UBC and IBC seismic building codes.

GeoStru Liquiter 2019: Soil Liquefaction Analysis

GeoEngineerings Friday, March 22, 2019 Earthquake , GeoStru , Geotechnical Engineering , Liquefaction , Softwares

GeoStru Liquiter 2019 v20.4.780 [Size: 49.1 MB] ... LIQUITER software is designed for soil liquefaction analysis and supports a wide variety of field tests. The results of the analysis are presented as: Factor of Safety against Liquefaction / Liquefaction Potential Index + Cyclic mobility of clay + Liquefaction of sand and clay + CSR, variable CSR with depth from SHAKE results + Reconsolidation Settlement, Lateral Spreading + Residual Strength.

Source Mechanisms of Earthquakes: Theory and Practice

GeoEngineerings Monday, March 11, 2019 Books , Earthquake

Agustín Udías, Raúl Madariaga, Elisa Buforn ... 311 pages - Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press; (June, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1107040272 - ISBN-13: 978-1107040274 ....

This book presents an innovative new approach to studying source mechanisms of earthquakes, combining theory and observation in a unified methodology, with a key focus on the mechanics governing fault failures. It explains source mechanisms by building from fundamental concepts such as the equations of elasticity theory to more advanced problems including dislocation theory, kinematic models and fracture dynamics. The theory is presented first in student-friendly form using consistent notation throughout, and with full, detailed mathematical derivations that enable students to follow each step. Later chapters explain the widely-used practical modelling methods for source mechanism determination, linking clearly to the theoretical foundations, and highlighting the processing of digital seismological data. Providing a unique balance between application techniques and theory, this is an ideal guide for graduate students and researchers in seismology, tectonophysics, geodynamics and geomechanics, and a valuable practical resource for professionals working in seismic hazard assessment and seismic engineering.

Geotechnical Applications for Earthquake Engineering

GeoEngineerings Wednesday, March 06, 2019 Books , Earthquake , Geotechnical Engineering

T. G. Sitharam ... 392 pages - Publisher: IGI Global; (April, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 146660915X - ISBN-13: 978-1466609150 ...

Disaster preparedness and response management is a burgeoning field of technological research, and staying abreast of the latest developments within the field is a difficult task. Geotechnical Applications for Earthquake Engineering: Research Advancements has collected chapters from experts from around the world in a variety of applications, frameworks, and methodologies, and prepared them in a form that serves as a handy reference and research guide to practitioners and academics alike. By protecting society with earthquake engineering, the latest research can make the world a safer place.

Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology

GeoEngineerings Tuesday, March 05, 2019 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

M. L. Sharma, Manish Shrikhande, H. R. Wason ... 431 pages - Publisher: Springer; (June, 2018) ... Language: English - Amazon SIN: B07DYH16Y8.

This edited volume is an up-to-date guide for students, policy makers and engineers on earthquake engineering, including methods and technologies for seismic hazard detection and mitigation. The book was written in honour of the late Professor Jai Krishna, who was a pioneer in teaching and research in the field of earthquake engineering in India during his decades-long work at the University of Roorkee (now the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee). The book comprehensively covers the historical development of earthquake engineering in India, and uses this background knowledge to address the need for current advances in earthquake engineering, especially in developing countries. After discussing the history and growth of earthquake engineering in India from the past 50 years, the book addresses the present status of earthquake engineering in regards to the seismic resistant designs of bridges, buildings, railways, and other infrastructures. Specific topics include response spectrum superposition methods, design philosophy, system identification approaches, retaining walls, and shallow foundations. Readers will learn about developments in earthquake engineering over the past 50 years, and how new methods and technologies can be applied towards seismic risk and hazard identification and mitigation.

Structural Dynamic for Structural Engineers

GeoEngineerings Friday, March 01, 2019 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Gary C. Hart, Kevin Wong ... 608 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (December, 1999) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0471361690 - ISBN-13: 978-0471361695 ...

A clear, straightforward presentation of the theory of structural dynamics, illustrated with rich examples! Drawn from the authors' work in extending the theory of structural dynamics to develop computer models to estimate building performance, this comprehensible book presents structural engineers with the key elements of structural dynamics.

Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Structural Analysis

GeoEngineerings Monday, February 25, 2019 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures , Wind Loads

Bungale S. Taranath ... 912 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (December, 2004) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0824759346 - ISBN-13: 978-0824759346 ...

Developed as a resource for practicing engineers, while simultaneously serving as a text in a formal classroom setting, Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings provides a fundmental understanding of the behavior of steel, concrete, and composite building structures. The text format follows, in a logical manner, the typical process of designing a building, from the first step of determining design loads, to the final step of evaluating its behavior for unusual effects. Includes a worksheet that takes the drudgery out of estimating wind response: The book presents an in-depth review of wind effects and outlines seismic design, highlighting the dymamic behavior of buildings. It covers the design and detailing the requirements of steel, concrete, and composite buidlings assigned to seismic design categories A through E. The author explains critical code specific items and structural concepts by doing the nearly impossible feat of addressing the history, reason for existence, and intent of major design provisions of the building codes. While the scope of the book is intentionally broad, it provides enough in-depth coverage to make it useful for structural engineers in all stages of their careers.

Seismic Detailing of Concrete Buildings

GeoEngineerings Friday, February 22, 2019 Books , Buildings , Concrete , Earthquake

David A. Fanella ... 75 pages - Publisher: Portland Cement Association; (2000) ... ASIN: B000QA8LKA by Amazon ...

This publication contains a comprehensive summary of the seismic detailing requirements contained in Chapter 21 of Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (318-05) and Commentary (318R-05), which is adopted by reference in the 2006 International Building Code. Numerous tables and figures explain and illustrate the provisions for buildings located in regions of moderate and high seismic risk including: flexural members of special moment frames, special moment frame members subjected to bending and axial load, joints of special moment frames and others.

Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings

GeoEngineerings Friday, February 08, 2019 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Reinforced Concrete , Structures

Thomas Paulay, M. J. N. Priestley ... 768 pages - Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1st edition (March, 1992) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0471549150 - ISBN-13: 978-0471549154 ...

Emphasizes actual structural design, not analysis, of multistory buildings for seismic resistance. Strong emphasis is placed on specific detailing requirements for construction. Fundamental design principles are presented to create buildings that respond to a wide range of potential seismic forces, which are illustrated by numerous detailed examples. The discussion includes the design of reinforced concrete ductile frames, structural walls, dual systems, reinforced masonry structures, buildings with restricted ductility and foundation walls. In addition to the examples, full design calculations are given for three prototype structures.

Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering

GeoEngineerings Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Amr S. Elnashai, Luigi Di Sarno ... 366 pages - Publisher: Wiley; (November, 2008) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470024836 - ISBN-13: 978-0470024836 ...

Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering combines aspects of engineering seismology, structural and geotechnical earthquake engineering to assemble the vital components required for a deep understanding of response of structures to earthquake ground motion, from the seismic source to the evaluation of actions and deformation required for design. The nature of earthquake risk assessment is inherently multi-disciplinary. Whereas Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering addresses only structural safety assessment and design, the problem is cast in its appropriate context by relating structural damage states to societal consequences and expectations, through the fundamental response quantities of stiffness, strength and ductility. The book is designed to support graduate teaching and learning, introduce practicing structural and geotechnical engineers to earthquake analysis and design problems, as well as being a reference book for further studies. Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering includes material on the nature of earthquake sources and mechanisms, various methods for the characterization of earthquake input motion, damage observed in reconnaissance missions, modeling of structures for the purposes of response simulation, definition of performance limit states, structural and architectural systems for optimal seismic response, and action and deformation quantities suitable for design.

Seismic and Wind Design of Concrete Buildings

GeoEngineerings Thursday, January 17, 2019 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures , Wind Loads

S. K. Ghosh, David A. Fanella ... 472 pages - Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; (June, 2003) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1580011128 - ISBN-13: 978-1580011129 ...

Seismic Design of Building Structures 8th Edition

GeoEngineerings Monday, January 07, 2019 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Michael R. Lindeburg, Majid Baradar ... 250 pages - Publisher: Professional Publications; 8th edition (January, 2001) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1888577525 - ISBN-13: 978-1888577525.

Seismic Design of Building Structures provides essential background instruction for the seismic problems on the civil PE exam. Using relevant codes, this book presents topics from basic seismic concepts through detailing requirements. The 30 sample problems and 113 practice problems, all with step-by-step solutions, offer valuable preparation for the exam. The eighth edition references the 1997 Uniform Building Code, the version of the code currently tested on the exam. Exam subjects covered include: Analysis of diaphragms * Detailing of roof-wall connections * Calculating chord and strut forces * UBC nailing requirements.

Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics

GeoEngineerings Monday, December 17, 2018 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Soil Mechanics

Paul Joseph ... 160 pages - Publisher: Taylor&Francis; (April, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1138723223 - ISBN-13: 9781138723221 ...

This book is a short yet rigorous course on a new paradigm in soil mechanics, one that holds that soil deformation occurs as a simple friction-based Poisson process in which soil particles move to their final position at random shear strains. It originates from work by Casagrande's soil mechanics group at Harvard University that found that an aggregate of soil particles when sheared reaches a "steady-state" condition, a finding in line with the thermodynamics of dissipative systems. The book unpacks this new paradigm as it applies to soils. The theory explains fundamental, ubiquitous soil behaviors and relationships used in soils engineering daily thousands of times across the world, but whose material bases so far have been unknown. These include for example, why for one-dimensional consolidation, the e-log sigma line is linear, and why Calpha/Cc is a constant for a given soil. The subtext of the book is that with this paradigm, the scientific method of trying to falsify hypotheses fully drives advances in the field, i.e., that soil mechanics now strictly qualifies as a science that, in turn, informs geotechnical engineering.The audience for the book is senior undergraduates, graduate students, academics, and researchers as well as industry professionals, particularly geotechnical engineers. It will also be useful to structural engineers, highway engineers, military engineers, persons in the construction industry, as well as planetary scientists. Because its fundamental findings hold for any mass of particles like soils, the theory applies not just to soils, but also to powders, grains etc. so long as these are under pseudo-static (no inertial effects) conditions.

Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Eng.

GeoEngineerings Thursday, December 13, 2018 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco ... 598 pages - Publisher: Springer; (March, 2018) ... Language: English - ASIN: B07BQNST3W by Amazon ...

This work is an elementary but comprehensive textbook which provides the latest updates in the fields of Earthquake Engineering, Dynamics of Structures, Seismology and Seismic Design, introducing relevant new topics to the fields such as the Neodeterministic method. Its main purpose is to illustrate the application of energy methods and the analysis in the frequency domain with the corresponding visualization in the Gauss-Argant plan. However, emphasis is also given to the applications of numerical methods for the solution of the equation of motion and to the ground motion selection to be used in time history analysis of structures. As supplementary materials, this book provides “OPENSIGNAL", a rare and unique software for ground motion selection and processing that can be used by professionals to select the correct earthquake records that would run in the nonlinear analysis. The book contains clear illustrations and figures to describe the subject in an intuitive way. It uses simple language and terminology and the math is limited only to cases where it is essential to understand the physical meaning of the system. Therefore, it is suitable also for those readers who approach these subjects for the first time and who only have a basic understanding of mathematics (linear algebra) and static analysis of structures.

Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Dynamic Analyses, Numerical...

GeoEngineerings Tuesday, December 04, 2018 Books , Buildings , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

M. Y. H. Bangash ... 706 pages - Publisher: Springer; (2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3540938176 - ISBN-13: 978-3540938170 ...

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. 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.

Principles of Soil Dynamics 2nd Edition

GeoEngineerings Monday, November 26, 2018 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Soil Mechanics

Braja M. Das, G. V. Ramana ... 656 pages- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 2nd edition (2010)... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0495411345- ISBN-13: 978-0495411345 ...

Principles of Soil Dynamics is an unparalleled reference book designed for an introductory course on Soil Dynamics. Authors Braja M. Das, best selling authority on Geotechnical Engineering, and Ramana V. Gunturi, Dean of the Civil Engineering Department at the India Institute of Technology in New Delhi, present a well revised update of this already well established text. The primary focus of the book is on the applications of soil dynamics and not on the underlying principles. The material covered includes the fundamentals of soil dynamics, dynamic soil properties, foundation vibration, soil liquefaction, pile foundation and slope stability.

Dynamics of Structures 2nd Edition

GeoEngineerings Sunday, November 18, 2018 Books , Dynamics , Earthquake , Structures

Jagmohan L. Humar ... 996 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (April, 2002) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 9058092461 - ISBN-13: 978-9058092465

This major textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the analytical tools required to determine the dynamic response of structures. The topics covered include: formulation of the equations of motion for single- as well as multi-degree-of-freedom discrete systems using the principles of both vector mechanics and analytical mechanics; free vibration response; determination of frequencies and mode shapes; forced vibration response to harmonic and general forcing functions; dynamic analysis of continuous systems;and wave propagation analysis. The key assets of the book include comprehensive coverage of both the traditional and state-of-the-art numerical techniques of response analysis, such as the analysis by numerical integration of the equations of motion and analysis through frequency domain. The large number of illustrative examples and exercise problems are of great assistance in improving clarity and enhancing reader comprehension. The text aims to benefit students and engineers in the civil, mechanical and aerospace sectors.

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