Earthquake engineering : new research / Takumi Miura and Yuuki Ikeda, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miura, Takumi.

Ikeda, Yuuki.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work deals with earthquake engineering including ground motion characteristics, probabilistic and deterministic methods of dynamic analysis, experimental behaviour of structures, and methods for earthquake resistant design and retrofit of structures that are germane to practising engineers.

Contents:

Multi-scale analysis for estimating strong ground motion and structure responses / Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori

Prediction of the seismic displacement of landslides and gravity walls using a multi-block model / Constantine A. Stamatopoulos

Geotechnical seismic isolation / Hing-Ho Tsang

Dynamic responses of high-speed railway bridges under earthquakes and their influences on running safety of train vehicles / Weiwei Guo, He Xia, Chaoyi Xia

On the seismic attenuation with consideration of the prediction model complexity / Ka-Veng Yuen, He-Qing Mu

Using ambient noise measurements in the process of assessing earthquake hazards in urban areas: examples from Israel / Y. Zaslavsky ... [et al.]

Seismic resistant braced frame structures with shape memory alloy-based self-centering damping device / Yunfeng Zhang, Songye Zhu

Application of numerical tools for the modelling of granular soil behaviour under earthquakes: the state-of-the-art / S. López-Querol

The use of dissipated energy at modeling of cyclic loaded saturated soils / S. Lenart

Simplified modal response history analysis for asymmetric-plan structures / Jui-Liang Lin, Keh-Chyuan Tsai.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60876-556-3

OCLC:

923667586