Earthquake engineering Books

This book contains two full-length practice exams specifically designed to reflect the format, difficulty, and scope of the California Seismic Principles Exam. Every question is based on the latest exam specifications and includes detailed, step-by-step...

In a world grappling with the increasing frequency and intensity of seismic events, ensuring the safety and resilience of our built environment is more critical than ever. "Seismic Structures' Seismic Resilience: Seismic Retrofitting For Enhanced...

El Terremoto Del 16 De Agosto De 1906 recounts the devastating earthquake that struck Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16, 1906. Penned by Luis Ladislao Zegers, this historical account offers a detailed look at the seismic event and its immediate aftermath...

This book is designed to provide a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of both the theoretical and practical aspects of seismology and structural engineering, making it accessible to readers with no prior background in the field. Recognizing that many...

Innovative Earthquake Soil Dynamics deals with soil dynamics in earthquake engineering and includes almost all aspects of soil behavior. Both generally accepted basic knowledge as well as advanced and innovative views are accommodated.Major topics are...

This covers seismic performance, deformation and failure mechanisms, good aseismic design, and effective damage assessment and restoration. It gives analytical solutions for longitudinal and transversal seismic deformation, along with performance-based...

Developments in Earthquake Engineering have focussed on the capacity and response of structures. They often overlook the importance of seismological knowledge to earthquake-proofing of design. It is not enough only to understand the anatomy of the...

This book provides comprehensive insights into the fields of earthquake engineering and structural dynamics. It comprises of research work contributed by various experts and researchers in the field of earthquake engineering. Both these disciplines focus...

Disaster: Recovery is a down-to-earth book that explains how you and your family can cope during and particularly after disasters such as floods, bushfires and typhoons that can and do happen (not just may happen) around the world at any time. It is one...

Solid design and craftsmanship are a necessity for structures and infrastructures that must stand up to natural disasters on a regular basis. Continuous research developments in the engineering field are imperative for sustaining buildings against the...

Solid design and craftsmanship are a necessity for structures and infrastructures that must stand up to natural disasters on a regular basis. Continuous research developments in the engineering field are imperative for sustaining buildings against the...

Nonlinear static monotonic (pushover) analysis has become a common practice in performance-based bridge seismic design. The popularity of pushover analysis is due to its ability to identify the failure modes and the design limit states of bridge piers...

The main objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive and a thorough coverage for the Structural Civil PE exam topics with the use of questions. This book is written in accordance with the latest (2024) NCEES exam specifications and design...

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Control: Theory and Applications examines the basics of structural dynamics with its application for earthquake engineering and structural control methods.

The objective of this book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by using formulas and hand...

<P>Performance-based Earthquake Engineering has emerged before the turn of the century as the most important development in the field of Earthquake Engineering during the last three decades. It has since then started...

During the last decade, the state-of-the-art in Earthquake Engineering Design and Analysis has made significant steps towards a more rational analysis of structures. This book reviews the fundamentals of displacement based...

This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure. Geolocating and...

Geotechnical instrumentation is used for installation, monitoring and assessment on any sizeable project, particularly in urban areas, and is used for recording, controlled remedial work, and safety. This unique and up-to-date book deals with the...

Structural Seismic and Civil Engineering focuses on civil engineering research, anti-seismic technology and engineering structure. These proceedings gather the most cutting-edge research and achievements, aiming to provide scholars and engineers with...

This volume presents the results on contemporary geodynamic model, crustal stress field, active faults, folds and volcanoes. It discusses the tectonophysical environments of earthquake generation and the methodology of earthquake prediction.

This book summarizes the most essential concepts that every engineer designing a new building or evaluating an existing structure should consider to control the damage caused by drift (deformation) induced by earthquakes.

This covers the application of risk management for soil and rock engineering projects, and the preparation of reliable designs that account for uncertainty. It discusses qualitative risk assessments based on experience and judgment, as well as...

A Rigorous and Definitive Guide to Soil LiquefactionSoil liquefaction occurs when soil loses much of its strength or stiffness for a time-usually a few minutes or less-and which may then cause structural failure, financial loss, and even death. It can...

२०७२ सालको विनाशकारी भूकम्पपछि गरिएका उद्धार, राहत र खोजी कार्य; पुनर्निर्माणका प्रयासहरू; जोखिमयुक्त बस्तीहरूको पहिचान र जोखिममा रहेका बासिन्दाहरूको स्थानान्तरण; एकीकृत बस्तीहरूको निर्माण; पुनर्निर्माण कार्यमा सरकारी र गैरसरकारी संस्थाहरूको भूमिका, दातृ...

Earthquakes are one of nature's most formidable and unpredictable forces, capable of causing immense destruction and loss of life. As our understanding of these seismic events evolves, so too does our ability to predict and mitigate their impacts...

This book describes the discovery of construction defects at three airports in Japan and the subsequent project to repair and strengthen the ground using chemical grouting using environmentally friendly colloidal silica, the first time this technique was...

There ought to be a law! How many times have we said and heard this desire? From his extensive experience with crafting, advocating, and implementing many of California's earthquake safety laws, author Robert A. Olson takes the reader into the process by...

Disaster preparedness and response management is a burgeoning field of technological research, and staying abreast of the latest developments within the field is a difficult task. Geotechnical Applications for Earthquake Engineering: Research...

Interest in the topic of structural reliability and optimal design has been rapidly growing in recent years. Besides, the field of numerical methods and artificial intelligence is experiencing a surge of new methods and the refinement of existing ones to...

The identification of meso-scale phenomena - occurring between microscopic and continuum length scales - has been one of the most exciting developments in rock mechanics in the last decade. Meso-scale phenomena are considered as the bridge between the...

Problems in nonlinear structural dynamics and critical excitation with elastic-plastic structures are typically addressed using time-history response analysis, which requires multiple repetitions and advanced computing. This alternative approach...

Seismic Performance of Asymmetric Building Structures presents detailed investigations on the effective assessment of structural seismic response under excessive torsional vibrations, demonstrating behavioural aspects from local response perspective to...

Earthquake prediction, especially impending earthquake prediction, is one of the most difficult worldwide problems in the human history.  This book focuses on the root cause of the long-standing unsolved earthquake prediction, as well as the...

The scope of the book is the application of vibration mitigation systems in structural engineering. The intended content includes the theoretical background covering aspects from both structural dynamics and control engineering point of view. Moreover,...

This volume comprises papers presented at the China-US Millennium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, held in Beijing, China, on November 8-11, 2000. This conference provides a forum for advancing the field of earthquake engineering through...

The 2011 Coastal Construction Manual, Fourth Edition (FEMA P-55), is a two-volume publication that provides a comprehensive approach to planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining homes in the coastal environment. This volume, volume I...

This book is written from the perspective of a practicing engineer with 35 years of experience now working in the academic world to pass on lessons learned over the course of a structural engineering career. It covers topics that will enable beginning...

This covers the essentials of coastal disaster management, for students and engineers. It outlines recent field surveys of tsunamis and storm surges, with measurements of flood heights, distributions of structural destruction, testimonies, and numerical...

Integrated earthquake simulation evaluates earthquake hazards and disasters by carrying out a sequence of numerical simulations of such aspects as earthquake wave generation and propagation, structural seismic response, mass evacuation, and economic...

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Engineering - Geotechnology, grade: 9.44, , course: Masters (Structural Engineering), language: English, abstract: The present study investigates the seismic behavior of multi-story building using damping...

Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Structures: Testing, Sensing, Monitoring, and Control covers a wide range of topics in the areas of vibration testing, instrumentation, and analysis of civil engineering and critical infrastructure.

Wind forces from extreme wind events are the dominant loading for many parts of the world, exacerbated by climate change and the continued construction of tall buildings and structures. This authoritative source, for practising and academic structural...

Various aspects of geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics are highlighted in this all-inclusive book. The current progress in the field of earthquake engineering has been discussed with primary focus on the seismic safety of dams and...