The physics of destructive earthquakes / Frederick Thomas, Robert Chaney and Richard Tseng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Frederick (Science teacher), author.

Chaney, Robert (Mathematics teacher), author.

Tseng, Richard (Geotechnical engineer), author.

Contributor:

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 5.

IOP concise physics

[IOP release 5]

IOP concise physics, 2053-2571

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes.

Seismology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), color maps.

Distribution:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]

Place of Publication:

San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

text file

Biography/History:

Frederick Thomas has a BS in Physics and a PhD in Science Education. He has done graduate work in geophysics and has 30+ years of experience teaching physics, astronomy and math at the secondary school and introductory college levels. His teaching experience includes 2 years each in Ghana and Australia, as well as shorter experiences in several other countries. Robert Chaney, Professor of Mathematics at Sinclair Community College, has collaborated with Dr. Thomas for over 20 years in the development of curriculum materials and hardware and in providing in-service workshops for high school and college faculty. Richard Tseng, PhD, PE, specializes in soil dynamics, focusing on the behavior of soil in relation to earthquake and liquefaction potential. He has performed soil studies for buildings, bridges, highways, airports, earth dams, and transmission and communications towers for over 40 years. He recently semi-retired as Chief Geotechnical Engineer with Bowser-Morner, Inc.

Summary:

This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of basic physics principles and concepts, including inertia, force, shear, energy, acceleration, elasticity, friction and stability.

Contents:

1. The size of earthquakes

2. Causes and effects

3. Modelling earthquake hazard

4. Ancient methods

5. Position, velocity and acceleration

6. Strength, flexibility and elasticity

7. Calculations and authentic assessment

8. Resonance

9. Landslides

10. Liquefaction

11. Tsunamis

12. Mitigating risks.

Notes:

"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.

"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781643270784

9781643270760

OCLC:

1065533661

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.