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Earthquake Resistant Design Of Structures Free PDF

This book introduces and explains all aspects of earthquake-resistant design of structures. Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of civil engineering, practising engineers and architects will also find the book equally useful.

It has been assumed that the reader is well acquainted with structural analysis, structural dynamics, and structural design.

The design of earthquake-resistant structures is an art as well as science. It is necessary to have an understanding of the manner in which a structure absorbs the energy transmitted to it during an earthquake.

The book provides a comprehensive coverage of the basic principles of earthquake-resistant design with special emphasis on the design of masonry, reinforced concrete, and steel buildings. The text is focussed on the design of structural and non-structural elements in accordance with the BIS codes.

Content :

1. Earthquakes and Ground Motion
2. Dynamics of Structures and Seismic Response
3. Dynamics of Soils and Seismic Response
4. Conceptual Design
5. Code-based Analysis Method and Design Approaches
6. Masonry Buildings
7. Timber Buildings
8. Reinforced Concrete Buildings
9. Steel Buildings
10. Non-structural Elements
11. Bhuj Earthquake 2001: A Case Study

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345 Solved Seismic Design Problems Free PDF

This book introduces you to the seismic exam and tells you how to use 345 Solved Seismic Design Problem. It also explains how to relate this book to reference materials, such as the California Building Code, Seismic Design of Building Structure, and others.

Using this book as a study guide, you will be surprised to discover how effectively you can learn seismic principles and fundamental earthquake engineering of structure to successfully pass the special seismic exam.

This book gives you the opportunity to work problems of the same format and difficulty as those on the seismic portion of the California Special Civil Engineer exam. Every problem is fully solved.

Content:

Seismology principles, Earthquake Characteristics, and basiic structural dynamics.
Codes and regulatory provisions
Diaphragm theory
Details of structure
Design problems
A. useful conversion factors
B. reference and suggested reading

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Earthquake Engineering Mechanism, Damage Assessment And Structural Design Free PDF

This book is an expanded version of the earlier (first edition) text, Earthquake Engineering —Damage Assessment and Structural Design, here called EE-DA&SD.

Every chapter of the first edition has been altered and enlarged and new chapters have been added to include work done by the author and some of his graduate students, following the publication of EE-DA&SD.

Some remarks concerning the modus operandi of the two texts may be in order. In accordance with currently accepted methods of scientific inquiry, the procedures used in EE-DA&SD and in this bode for developing the rational earthquake engineering theory.

Content :

A Tensile Rupture Instability Similarity Earthquake Mechanism
The Canonical Accelerogram and Its Parameters
The Canonical Isoseismal Chart and Its Parameters
The Earthquake Engineering Damage Assessment and Structural Design Charts and Curves
Efficiency -Focal Depth and Figure 4.5
Superposition of Canonical Accelerograms
Superposition of Canonical Isoseismal Contour Maps
Approximate Analytical Damage (Intensity Number) Assessment Procedures
Special Topics in Earthquake Structural Engineering
Some Non-Structural Applications of the Rational Theory
Some Structural Applications of the Rational Theory

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Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures Free PDF

By PANKAJ AGARWAL

The vast devastation of engineered systems and facilities during the past few earthquakes has exposed serious deficiencies in the prevalent design and construction practices. These disasters have created a new awareness of disaster preparedness and mitigation.

With increased awareness came the demand of learning resource material which directly addresses the requirements of professionals without any circumlocution. While the recommended codes of practice for earthquake resistant design do exist but those only specify a set of criteria for compliance. These design codes throw little light on the basic issue of how to design.

The problem! Jl becomes more acute as students graduate with degrees in civil/structural engineering without any exposure to earthquake engineering in most of the universities/institutes. The short-term refresher courses routinely offered by various institutes and universities for professionals achieve little more than mere familiarization with the subject matter.

Content :

1. Engineering Seismology
2. Seismic Zoning Map of India
3. Strong Motion Studies in India
4. Strong Motion Characteristics
5. Evaluation of Seismic Design Parameters
6. Initiation into Structural Dynamics
8. Theory of Seismic Pickups
9. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response
10. Response Spectra
11. Dynamics of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
12. Earthquake and Vibration Effect on Structures

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Free PDF

By Ikuo Towhata

The main aim of this book is a collection of data which is useful in understanding the state-of-art technology and its application to new topics. Understanding the fundamental issues is important because practice makes use of many assumptions, hypotheses, and ways of thinking.

It has been my policy to show reasons why practice employs those ideas by showing experimental and field backgrounds. This idea does not change even today. Collecting background information is not very easy for an individual person.

It is necessary to read many publications; some were published in the first half of the 20th Century, and others in domestic publications. Not being impossible, this information collection is firstly a time-consuming business.

Secondly, access to old publications may not be easy to everybody. I am therefore attempting in this book to collect information as much as possible so that the new generation of readers can save time in studying.

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Basic Earthquake Engineering From Seismology to Analysis and Design Free PDF

By Halûk Sucuoğlu

Earthquake engineering is generally considered as an advanced research area in engineering education. Most of the textbooks published in this field cover topics related to graduate education and research.

There is a growing need, however, for the use of basic earthquake engineering knowledge, especially, in the earthquake resistant design of structural systems. Civil engineering graduates who are concerned with the structural design face the fundamental problems of earthquake engineering more frequently in their professional careers.

Hence, an introductory level textbook covering the basic concepts of earthquake engineering and earthquake-resistant design is considered an essential educational instrument to serve this purpose.

This book aims at introducing earthquake engineering to senior undergraduate students in civil engineering and to master’s students in structural engineering who do not have a particular background in this area.

Content :

1 Nature of Earthquakes
2 Seismic Hazard Assessment
3 Response of Simple Structures to Earthquake Ground Motions.
4 Earthquake Design Spectra
5 Response of Building Frames to Earthquake Ground Motions.
6 Analysis Procedures and Seismic Design Principles for Building Structures
7 Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures.

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Earthquake Engineering Theory and Implementation Free PDF

By Nazzal Armouti

Earthquake engineering is the science that studies the behavior of structures under earthquake excitation and provides the rules on how to design structures to survive seismic shocks.

Earthquakes are wild and violent events that can have dramatic effects on structures. In fact, many structures have collapsed during earthquakes because earthquake-induced forces or displacements exceeded the ultimate capacity of the structures. Therefore, the study of structural behavior at full capacity is a necessary element of earthquake engineering.

Content :

Introduction
Characteristics of earthquakes
Linear elastic dynamic analysis
Nonlinear and inelastic dynamic analysis
The behavior of structures under seismic excitation
Design of earthquake-resistant buildings (icc)
Seismic provisions of reinforced concrete structures (aci 318)
Introduction to the aisc seismic provisions for structural steel buildings
Introduction to the aisc seismic provisions for structural steel buildings
Geotechnical aspects and foundations
Synthetic earthquakes
Seismic isolation

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook by Robert W. Day

The purpose of this book is to present the practical aspects of geotechnical earthquake engineering. Because of the assumptions and uncertainties associated with geotechnical engineering, it is often described as an “art” rather than an exact science.

Geotechnical earth- quake engineering is even more challenging because of the inherent unknowns associated with earthquakes. Because of these uncertainties in earthquake engineering, simple analy- ses are prominent in this book, with complex and theoretical evaluations kept to an essen- tial minimum.

Content :

Introduction
Basic Earthquake Principles
Common Earthquake Effects
Earthquake Structural Damage
Site Investigation For Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Liquefaction
Earthquake-induced Settlement
Bearing Capacity Analyses For Earthquakes
Slope Stability Analyses For Earthquakes
Retaining Wall Analyses For Earthquakes
Other Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Analyses
Grading And Other Soil Improvement Methods
Foundation Alternatives To Mitigate Earthquake Effects
Earthquake Provisions In Building Codes

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