Bridge Engineering
Subtitle: Seismic Design (Principles and Applications in Engineering)
Contributors: W.F. Chen (Editor); Lian Duan (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: February 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780849316838
Subjects: Bridges; Technology & Industrial Arts; Earthquake resistant design; Bridge Engineering; Seismology; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Civil; Earth Sciences - Seismology & Volcanism; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Earth Sciences - Geology; Design and construction
First sentence: Earthquakes are naturally occurring broad-banded vibratory ground motions that are due to a number of causes, including tectonic ground motions, volcanism, landslides, rockbursts, and man-made explosions, the most important of which are caused by the fracture and sliding of rock along tectonic faults within the Earth's crust.