Earthquake Engineering : Sixth Canadian Conference / S.M. Uzumeri, Shamim A. Sheikh.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sheikh, Shamim A., editor.

Uzumeri, S.M., editor.

Conference Name:

Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (6th : 1991 : Toronto), author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering--Congresses.

Earthquake engineering.

Canada.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (835 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and French.

Summary:

This conference, along with other similar events throughout the world, has contributed significantly towards understanding various phenomena needed for building safe, reliable, and economical structures that can meet the challenges presented by the forces of nature.

Contents:

Cover; Keynote lectures / Discours d'ouverture; Hiroyuki Aoyama: Recent development in design and construction of high-rise reinforced concrete buildings in Japan; W.D. Liam Finn: The effects of site conditions on ground motions; Bruce A. Bolt: Development of phased strong-motion time-histories for structures with multiple supports; 1 Response analysis and design of structural components / Analyses de reponses et dimensionnement de composantes structurales; J.F. Bonacci: Calibrated linear methods for analysis and design of yielding RC structures

Steven Y.W. Kuan and Noel D. Nathan: Strength and ductility demand in relation to velocity spectrumTomaž Vidic, Peter Fajfar, and Matej Fischinger: On the hysteretic to input energy ratio; Motohide Tada, Kazuo Inoue, and Susumu Kuwahara: Application of perturbation techniques in the analysis of braced frames; Dionisio Bernal: Dynamic instability in buildings; K. Kasai, B.F. Maison, V. Jeng, D.J. Patel, and P.C. Patel: A study on earthquake pounding between adjacent structures; Rene Tinawi and Yves Cadotte: Seismic response of non-symmetric structures using the 1990 NBCC

Michel Bruneau and Stephen A. Mahin: Seismic response of symmetric structures having unbalanced yield strengths in planTakashi Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Yamanouchi, and Hiroshi Akiyama: Seismic damage concentration in steel building structures with weak beam-to-column joint panels; A. Filiatrault, B. Folz, and H.G.L. Prion: Seismic analysis of structurally interconnected steel frames; R.G. Redwood and A.K. Jain: Seismic design of concentrically braced frames

code comparisons; Terrence F. Paret and Brian E. Kehoe: Behavior of open-web steel joists in moment-resisting frames

Hiroyuki Yamanouchi: Local buckling and early fracture of cold-formed steel membersA. M. Jablonski and J.H. Rainer: Effect of seismic input on hydrodynamic forces acting on gravity dams; R. Chandrashaker and J.L. Humar: Boundary element analysis of the seismic response of gravity dams; C.S. Tsai and G.C. Lee: A nonlinear formulation for the earthquake responses of dam-reservoir systems; S.K. Sharan: Dam-reservoir interaction during earthquake; A. El-Nady, A. Ghobarah, and T.S. Aziz: Simplified three-dimensional analysis of concrete gravity dams

O.A. Pekau and V. Batta: Seismic crack propagation in concrete gravity damsEmmanuel Maragakis, Bruce Douglas, and Spiros Vrontinos: Classical formulation of the impact between bridge deck and abutments during strong earthquakes; Ergin Atimtay: Design of bridges to satisfy ductility requirements; A. Saudy, A. Ghobarah, and T.S. Aziz: Modified response spectrum approach for multiply-supported secondary systems; David T. Lau and Ray W. Clough: Parameter studies of statically tilted unanchored cylindrical tanks

Notes:

Under the auspices of the Canadian National Committee on Earthquake Engineering (CANCEE).

Title page and introductory material in English and French; papers in English only.

At head of title: Proceedings : sixth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 12-14 June 1991, Toronto = Comptes rendus : sixieme Conference canadienne sur le genie sismique, Toronto, 12-14 juin 1991.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8321-4

OCLC:

1114840008