Seismic Engineering
1. Edition April 2008
986 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This title offers a comprehensive coverage of the many facets of
seismic engineering.
The first half of the book is devoted to seismic phenomena and
hazards, detailing the causes of earthquakes, the parameters used
to characterize earthquakes, strong ground motions, seismic hazards
and their evaluation, and seismic action. The second half discusses
the effects of earthquakes and tools used to assess and reduce
risk, including the effects of vibratory motions and induced
phenomena, seismic calculations and technical aspects of
prevention.
The importance of keeping orders of magnitude in mind (i.e. through
reasoning or very simple equations) when discussing seismic
phenomena and their effects is emphasized, a task which most people
overlook because of their rarity and the brevity of their
manifestations.
Chapter 1. Causes of earthquakes.
Chapter 2. Parameters used to define earthquakes.
Chapter 3. Manifestations of surface seismic phenomena.
Part 2: Strong ground motions.
Chapter 4. Strong ground motions.
Chapter 5. Calculation models for strong ground motions.
Part 3: Seismic hazards.
Chapter 6. The spatial and temporal distributions of
seismicity.
Chapter 7. Assessment of seismic hazard.
Part 4: Seismic action.
Chapter 8. The seismic coefficient.
Chapter 9. The response spectrum.
Chapter 10. Other representations of seismic action.
Part 5: The effects of earthquakes on buildings.
Chapter 11. Deformation effects sustained by surface layers.
Chapter 12. Effects of vibratory motions.
Chapter 13. Effects of induced phenomena.
Chapter 14. Macroseismic intensity scales.
Part 6. Seismic calculations/
Chapter 15. Linear seismic calculation.
Chapter 16. Notions on ground/structure interactions.
Chapter 17. Overview of non-linear calculations.
Part 7. Seismic prevention tools.
Chapter 18. Technical aspects of prevention.
