Seismic Resistant Structures
Published on 28. March 2018
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-78466-315-5 (ISBN)
Description
Research studies on the preparation for and mitigation of future earthquakes, an area of increasing importance to many countries around the world, comprise this volume. The selected papers included in this book have been prepared by experts from around the world in the fields of earthquake engineering relevant to the design of structures.
As the world's population has concentrated in urban areas resulting in buildings in regions of high seismic vulnerability, we have seen the consequences of natural disasters take an ever higher toll on human existence. Protecting the built environment in earthquake-prone regions involves not only the optimal design and construction of new facilities, but also the upgrading and rehabilitation of existing structures including heritage buildings, which is an important area of research.
Major earthquakes and associated effects, such as tsunamis, continue to stress the need to carry out more research and a better understanding of these phenomena is required to design earthquake resistant buildings and to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability studies.
As the world's population has concentrated in urban areas resulting in buildings in regions of high seismic vulnerability, we have seen the consequences of natural disasters take an ever higher toll on human existence. Protecting the built environment in earthquake-prone regions involves not only the optimal design and construction of new facilities, but also the upgrading and rehabilitation of existing structures including heritage buildings, which is an important area of research.
Major earthquakes and associated effects, such as tsunamis, continue to stress the need to carry out more research and a better understanding of these phenomena is required to design earthquake resistant buildings and to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
717 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78466-315-5 (9781784663155)
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Contents
TRM reinforcement of masonry specimens for seismic areas; Seismic rehabilitation of masonry heritage structures with base-isolation and with selected contemporary strengthening measures; Seismic behavior of a masonry chimney retrofitted with composite materials: a preliminary approach; A direct procedure for the seismic design of frame structures with added viscous dampers; Earthquake shake: a regulatory recipe for quake stricken Kaikoura, New Zealand; Model updating based on the dynamic identification of a Baroque bell tower; Using PBEE to assess and improve performance of different structural systems for low-rise steel buildings; Code inadequacies discouraging the earthquake-based seismic analysis of buildings; Hands-on-experience on seismic retrofit in four different countries; Approaches for evaluating failure probability of emergency power supply systems in hospitals; Reviewing the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake damage in Mashiki town area by using microtremor measurements; A next-generation open-source tool for earthquake loss estimation; Influence of hydrogeological and geotechnical parameters on the seismic behavior of potable water infrastructures; Improvement of an integrated management system resulting in higher industrial safety efficiency; Shaking table test of adjacent building models considering pounding; Effects of modelling parameters on the seismic analysis of bridges; Seismic response analyses of RC portal frames with large deformable elastic braces; Advances in seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings applied to the experience of Lorca (Spain) 2011 earthquake; Seismic analysis and design assisted by numerical simulation of slender steel portal frame structures; Impact of spatial variability of earthquake ground motion on seismic response of a railway bridge; Sensitivity of structural damage to earthquake ground motion scenarios. The Torrevieja earthquake case study; Towards damage-consistent performance-based design of critical infrastructures; Seismic fragility characteristics of structural populations with irregularities
Author index
TRM reinforcement of masonry specimens for seismic areas; Seismic rehabilitation of masonry heritage structures with base-isolation and with selected contemporary strengthening measures; Seismic behavior of a masonry chimney retrofitted with composite materials: a preliminary approach; A direct procedure for the seismic design of frame structures with added viscous dampers; Earthquake shake: a regulatory recipe for quake stricken Kaikoura, New Zealand; Model updating based on the dynamic identification of a Baroque bell tower; Using PBEE to assess and improve performance of different structural systems for low-rise steel buildings; Code inadequacies discouraging the earthquake-based seismic analysis of buildings; Hands-on-experience on seismic retrofit in four different countries; Approaches for evaluating failure probability of emergency power supply systems in hospitals; Reviewing the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake damage in Mashiki town area by using microtremor measurements; A next-generation open-source tool for earthquake loss estimation; Influence of hydrogeological and geotechnical parameters on the seismic behavior of potable water infrastructures; Improvement of an integrated management system resulting in higher industrial safety efficiency; Shaking table test of adjacent building models considering pounding; Effects of modelling parameters on the seismic analysis of bridges; Seismic response analyses of RC portal frames with large deformable elastic braces; Advances in seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings applied to the experience of Lorca (Spain) 2011 earthquake; Seismic analysis and design assisted by numerical simulation of slender steel portal frame structures; Impact of spatial variability of earthquake ground motion on seismic response of a railway bridge; Sensitivity of structural damage to earthquake ground motion scenarios. The Torrevieja earthquake case study; Towards damage-consistent performance-based design of critical infrastructures; Seismic fragility characteristics of structural populations with irregularities
Author index