Earthquake engineering : mechanism, damage assessment and structural design / S.F. Borg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borg, Sidney F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

2nd & rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Teaneck, N.J. : World Scientific, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the expanded version of the earlier (first edition) text. It presents new comprehensive rational quantitative theories (utilizing fundamental energy concepts throughout) covering the entire earthquake event from the point of view of the engineer. It starts with a mathematical analysis of an underground mechanism (the earthquake), then proceeds to determinations of the timewise and spacewise variations of the fundamental engineering damage-design parameter, the ground energy. Finally, the new theories are applied to a number of typical (actual) structural and non-structural design

Contents:

PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 A TENSILE RUPTURE INSTABILITY SIMILARITY EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; INTRODUCTION; NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS CHAPTER; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMARY TO THIS POINT; APPLICATION OF THE MECHANISM TO THE LONG VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, CALDERA EARTHQUAKES; THE MECHANISM; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; Analysis; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 THE CANONICAL ACCELEROGRAM AND ITS PARAMETERS; INTRODUCTION; NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS CHAPTER; MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICAL ARGUMENT; DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE INVARIANT EQUATION 4

THE PHYSICAL VARIABLES RELATED TO THE CANONICAL ACCELEROGRAMSTHE TIMEWISE VARIATION OF SHE AT A POINT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; CHAPTER 3 THE CANONICAL ISOSEISMAL CHART AND ITS PARAMETERS; INTRODUCTION; NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS CHAPTER; THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY; ANALYSIS OF THE INVARIANT - EQUATION 4; THE PHYSICAL VARIABLES AND THE INVARIANT - EQUATION 4; THE SPACEWISE VARIATION OF SHE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN CHARTS AND CURVES; INTRODUCTION; NOTATION FOR THIS CHAPTER

THE CANONICAL ACCELEROGRAM CHART AND PARAMETERSTHE CANONICAL ISOSEISMAL CHART AND ITS PARAMETERS; THE 'GEOLOGY' OF A REGION; A) THE TEMPORAL VARIATION OF ENERGY AT A POINT; B) THE SPACEWISE VARIATION OF ENERGY OVER THE ENTIRE FIELD; C) THE MAGNITUDE - Σ(IS)f - Sf - GEOLOGY CHART; Introduction; Procedure; Detailed Description of the Earthquakes of Table 4.3; SANTIAGO, CHILE EARTHQUAKE - 3/3/85; MANAGUA, NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE - 12/23/72; ANCHORAGE, ALASKA EARTHQUAKE - 3/27/64; SKOPJE, YUGOSLAVIA EARTHQUAKE - 7/26/63; AL ASNAM, ALGERIA EARTHQUAKE -10/10/80

GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE - 2/4/76ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING DATA POINTS OF THE 'FIRST CHART; THE REVISED FORM OF THE FIRST CHART; D) THE MAGNITUDE- INTENSITY-DISTANCE (MID) CHART; E) THE INTENSITY - Σ(aΔt)f - tf - GEOLOGY CHART; F) THE ENERGY-INTENSITY COMPATIBILITY RELATION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 EFFICIENCY-FOCAL DEPTH AND FIGURE 4.5; INTRODUCTION; PROCEDURE; CONCLUSION; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 6 SUPERPOSITION OF CANONICAL ACCELEROGRAMS; INTRODUCTION; BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CANONICAL ACCELEROGRAM RELATIONS (CHAPTERS 2 AND 5); THE GEOLOGY OF THE REGION

THE SUPERPOSED ACCELEROGRAMSTHE SUPERPOSED ACCELEROGRAM-DAMAGE CORRELATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; CHAPTER 7 SUPERPOSITION OF CANONICAL ISOSEISMAL CONTOUR MAPS; INTRODUCTION; PROCEDURE; THE EARTHQUAKE; THE PUBLISHED ISOSEISMAL MAP; THE ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 8 APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL DAMAGE (INTENSITY NUMBER) ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES; INTRODUCTION; THE BASIC EQUATIONS, CHARTS, AND FIGURES; APPROXIMATE DAMAGE (INTENSITY) ESTIMATES; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 9 SPECIAL TOPICS IN EARTHQUAKE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING; INTRODUCTION; NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS CHATTER

EQUIVALENT (OR EFFECTIVE) LENGTH AND EQUIVALENT(OR EFFECTIVE) BASE AREA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9781299462274

1299462278

9789814350624

9814350621

9781613442913

1613442912