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Designers' guide to Eurocode 8 : design of bridges for earthquake resistance, EN 1998-2 / Basil Kolias, Michael N. Fardis, Alain Pecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kolias, Basil.
- Series:
- Designers' guides to the Eurocodes.
- Designers' guides to the Eurocodes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bridges--Earthquake effects--Standards--Europe.
- Bridges.
- Bridges--Design and construction--Standards--Europe.
- Structural design--Standards--Europe.
- Structural design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 258 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Design of bridges for earthquake resistance, EN 1998-2
- Place of Publication:
- London : ICE Publishing, 2012.
- Summary:
- This guide focuses specifically on EN 1998-2 (Eurocode 8. Part 2 Bridges), the design standard for use in the seismic design of bridges in which horizontal seismic actions are mainly resisted through bending of the piers or at the abutments; however it can also be applied to the seismic design of cable-stayed and arched bridges.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction and scope
- Chapter 2 Performance requirements and compliance criteria
- Chapter 3 Seismic actions and geotechnical aspects
- Chapter 4 Conceptual design of bridges for earthquake resistance
- Chapter 5 Modelling and analysis of bridges for seismic design
- Chapter 6 Verification and detailing of bridge components for earthquake resistance
- Chapter 7 Bridges with seismic isolation
- Chapter 8 Seismic design examples
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 28, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 1-62870-420-9
- 0-7277-5736-9
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