Michael N. Fardis ... 744 pages -
Publisher: Springer; 2009 edition (July, 2009) ...
Language: English -
ASIN: B008BBWF80 by Amazon Digital Services ...
Reflecting the historic first European seismic code, this
professional book focuses on seismic design, assessment and retrofitting
of concrete buildings, with thorough reference to, and application of,
EN-Eurocode 8. Following the publication of EN-Eurocode 8 in 2004-05, 30
countries are now introducing this European standard for seismic
design, for application in parallel with existing national standards
(till March 2010) and exclusively after that. Eurocode 8 is also
expected to influence standards in countries outside Europe, or at the
least, to be applied there for important facilities. Owing to the
increasing awareness of the threat posed by existing buildings
substandard and deficient buildings and the lack of national or
international standards for assessment and retrofitting, its impact in
that field is expected to be major.
Written by the lead person
in the development of the EN-Eurocode 8, the present handbook explains
the principles and rationale of seismic design according to modern codes
and provides thorough guidance for the conceptual seismic design of
concrete buildings and their foundations. It examines the experimental
behaviour of concrete members under cyclic loading and modelling for
design and analysis purposes; it develops the essentials of linear or
nonlinear seismic analysis for the purposes of design, assessment and
retrofitting (especially using Eurocode 8); and gives detailed guidance
for modelling concrete buildings at the member and at the system level.
Moreover, readers gain access to overviews of provisions of Eurocode 8,
plus an understanding for them on the basis of the simple models of the
element behaviour presented in the book. Also examined are
the modern trends in performance- and displacement-based seismic
assessment of existing buildings, comparing the relevant provisions of
Eurocode 8 with those of new US prestandards, and details of the most
common and popular seismic retrofitting techniques for concrete
buildings and guidance for retrofitting strategies at the system level.
Comprehensive walk-through examples of detailed design elucidate the
application of Eurocode 8 to common situations in practical design.
Examples and case studies of seismic assessment and retrofitting of a
few real buildings are also presented.
