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Fundamentals of earthquake engineering : from source to fragility / Amr S. Elnashai (Engineering Department of Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA, Emeritus at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA) and Luigi Di Sarno (Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy)

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: MyiLibraryPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, [2015]Distributor: LaVergne, Tenn. : MyiLibrary, 2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 469 Seiten)ISBN:
  • 9781118700471
  • 9781118700464
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781118678923 | Erscheint auch als: 978-1-118-67892-3 Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering : From Source to Fragility. Druck-Ausgabe Somerset : Wiley,c2015DDC classification:
  • 624.1762
  • 624.1/762
LOC classification:
  • TA654.6.E485 2015
Online resources: Summary: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Chapter 1 Earthquake Characteristics -- 1.1 Causes of Earthquakes -- 1.1.1 Plate Tectonics Theory -- 1.1.2 Faulting -- 1.1.3 Seismic Waves -- 1.2 Measuring Earthquakes -- 1.2.1 Intensity -- 1.2.2 Magnitude -- 1.2.3 Intensity-Magnitude Relationships -- 1.3 Source-to-Site Effects -- 1.3.1 Directional Effects -- 1.3.2 Site Effects -- 1.3.3 Dispersion and Incoherence -- 1.4 Effects of Earthquakes -- 1.4.1 Damage to Buildings and Lifelines -- 1.4.2 Effects on the Ground -- 1.4.2.1 Surface Rupture -- 1.4.2.2 Settlement and Uplift -- 1.4.2.3 Liquefaction -- 1.4.2.4 Landslides -- 1.4.3 Human and Financial Losses -- References -- Chapter 2 Response of Structures -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Conceptual Framework -- 2.2.1 Definitions -- 2.2.2 Strength- versus Ductility-Based Response -- 2.2.3 Member- versus System-Level Consideration -- 2.2.4 Nature of Seismic Effects -- 2.2.5 Fundamental Response Quantities -- 2.2.6 Social and Economic Limit States -- 2.3 Structural Response Characteristics -- 2.3.1 Stiffness -- 2.3.1.1 Factors Influencing Stiffness -- 2.3.1.2 Effects on Action and Deformation Distributions -- 2.3.1.3 Non-structural Damage Control -- 2.3.2 Strength -- 2.3.2.1 Factors Influencing Strength -- 2.3.2.2 Effects on Load Path -- 2.3.2.3 Structural Damage Control -- 2.3.3 Ductility -- 2.3.3.1 Factors Influencing Ductility -- 2.3.3.2 Effects on Action Redistribution -- 2.3.3.3 Structural Collapse Prevention -- 2.3.4 Overstrength -- 2.3.5 Damping -- 2.3.6 Relationship between Strength, Overstrength and Ductility: Force Reduction Factor 'Supply' -- References -- Chapter 3 Earthquake Input Motion -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Earthquake Occurrence and Return Period.PPN: PPN: 872946401Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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