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| Author | : Marco Mucciarelli |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2008-11-30 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1402091966 |
The current state-of-the-art allows seismologists to give statistical estimates of the probability of a large earthquake striking a given region, identifying the areas in which the seismic hazard is the highest. However, the usefulness of these estimates is limited, without information about local subsoil conditions and the vulnerability of buildings. Identifying the sites where a local ampli?cation of seismic shaking will occur, and identifying the buildings that will be the weakest under the seismic shaking is the only strategy that allows effective defence against earthquake damage at an affordable cost, by applying selective reinforcement only to the structures that need it. Unfortunately, too often the Earth’s surface acted as a divide between seism- ogists and engineers. Now it is becoming clear that the building behaviour largely depends on the seismic input and the buildings on their turn act as seismic sources, in an intricate interplay that non-linear phenomena make even more complex. These phenomena are often the cause of observed damage enhancement during past ear- quakes. While research may pursue complex models to fully understand soil dyn- ics under seismic loading, we need, at the same time, simple models valid on average, whose results can be easily transferred to end users without prohibitive expenditure. Very complex models require a large amount of data that can only be obtained at a very high cost or may be impossible to get at all.
| Author | : American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Publisher | : Amer Society of Civil Engineers |
| Total Pages | : 91 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780872625822 |
| Author | : Heather L Beal |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 2017-07-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780998791227 |
Join Lily, Niko, and their classmates at Forest Childcare, as they practice for the Great ShakeOut and learn all about what earthquakes are and how to stay safe if they experience one. Includes discussion questions and activities.
| Author | : Radu Vacareanu |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 2018-03-21 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 331974724X |
This book contains the best contributions presented during the 6th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 2nd National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology - 6CNIS & 2CNISS, that took place on June 14-17, 2017 in Bucharest - Romania, at the Romanian Academy and Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest. The book offers an updated overview of seismic hazard and risk assessment activities, with an emphasis on recent developments in Romania, a very challenging case study because of its peculiar intermediate-depth seismicity and evolutive code-compliant building stock. Moreover, the book collects input of renowned scientists and professionals from Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom.The content of the book focuses on seismicity of Romania, geotechnical earthquake engineering, structural analysis and seismic design regulations, innovative solutions for seismic protection of building structures, seismic risk evaluation, resilience-based assessment of structures and management of emergency situations. The sub-chapters consist of the best papers of 6CNIS & 2CNISS selected by the International Advisory and Scientific Committees. The book is targeted at researchers and experts in seismic hazard and risk, evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings and structures, insurers and re-insurers, and decision makers in the field of emergency situations and recovery activities.
| Author | : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Building laws |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780160926754 |
The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 1985-02-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309035325 |
From earth tectonics and meteorology to risk, responsibility, and the role of government, this comprehensive and detailed book reviews current practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events. Recommendations for action and for further research to improve dam safety evaluations are presented.
| Author | : Robin K. McGuire |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Earthquake hazard analysis |
| ISBN | : |
This is the twenty-sixth volume in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's series, Connections: The EERI Oral History Series. EERI began this series to preserve the recollections of some of those who have had pioneering careers in the field of earthquake engineering.Mete Sozen (1932-2018) is the Karl H. Kettelhut Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, Indiana, United States.Besides his academic interest in the development of design codes for concrete structures, Sozen is notable for his contributions to the official post 9/11-government studies of terrorist attacks, including the Oklahoma City bombing, and The Pentagon. Sozen also led a team that created an engineering simulation of American Airlines Flight 11 crashing into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The computer-animated visualizations were made entirely from the simulation data. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1977 for contributions to understanding the structural design and behavior of buildings and bridges subjected to earthquake motions.Sozen received his undergraduate education at Robert College (Turkey, 1951) and his master's (1952) and doctoral degrees (1957) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
| Author | : The Hero In You Foundation |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2020-08-30 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780578726731 |
| Author | : IAEA |
| Publisher | : International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Total Pages | : 109 |
| Release | : 2020-08-26 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 920106022X |
Experience shows that an assessment of the seismic capacity of an existing operating facility can be required for a number of reasons, for example identification of potential seismic vulnerabilities based on operating experience events or the periodic safety review programme. This publication covers the seismic safety evaluation programmes to be performed on existing nuclear installations in order to ensure that the required fundamental safety functions are available, with particular attention to the safe shutdown of reactors. It includes lessons learned based on the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety following the Fukushima Daiichi accident, and updated methodologies for seismic safety evaluation of nuclear installations.
