Seismic resistant structures
Publisher: WIT Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781784663162; 9781784663155
Subjects: Earthquake resistant design; Conception parasismique; Seismic design; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Civil; General
Description: Research studies on the preparation for and mitigation of future earthquakes, an area of increasing importance to many countries around the world, comprise this volume. The selected papers included in this book have been prepared by experts from around the world in the fields of earthquake engineering relevant to the design of structures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Seismic Resistant Structures; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; TRM reinforcement of masonry specimens for seismic areas; Seismic rehabilitation of masonry heritage structures with base-isolation and with selected contemporary strengthening measures; Seismic behavior of a masonry chimney retrofitted with composite materials: a preliminary approach; A direct procedure for the seismic design of frame structures with added viscous dampers; Earthquake shake: a regulatory recipe for quake stricken Kaikoura, New Zealand; title: Model updating based on the dynamic identification of a Baroque bell towerUsing PBEE to assess and improve performance of different structural systems for low-rise steel buildings; Code inadequacies discouraging the earthquake-based seismic analysis of buildings; Hands-on-experience on seismic retrofit in four different countries; Approaches for evaluating failure probability of emergency power supply systems in hospitals; Reviewing the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake damage in Mashiki town area by using microtremor measurements; A next-generation open-source tool for earthquake loss estimation; title: Influence of hydrogeological and geotechnical parameters on the seismic behavior of potable water infrastructuresImprovement of an integrated management system resulting in higher industrial safety efficiency; Shaking table test of adjacent building models considering pounding; Effects of modelling parameters on the seismic analysis of bridges; Seismic response analyses of RC portal frames with large deformable elastic braces; Advances in seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings applied to the experience of Lorca (Spain) 2011 earthquake; title: Seismic analysis and design assisted by numerical simulation of slender steel portal frame structuresImpact of spatial variability of earthquake ground motion on seismic response of a railway bridge; Sensitivity of structural damage to earthquake ground motion scenarios. The Torrevieja earthquake case study; Towards damage-consistent performance-based design of critical infrastructures; Seismic fragility characteristics of structural populations with irregularities; Author index