Research and Markets: Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures: Essentials of Earthquake Engineering with a Focus on Seismic Loading and Structural Design

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0c66bd/fundamentals_of_se) has
announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Fundamentals of
Seismic Loading on Structures" to their offering.

This book provides a practical guide to the basic essentials of earthquake
engineering with a focus on seismic loading and structural design. Benefiting
from the author's extensive career in structural and earthquake engineering,
dynamic analysis and lecturing, it is written from an industry perspective at a
level suitable for graduate students.

Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures is organised into four major
sections: introduction to earthquakes and related engineering problems,
analysis, seismic loading, and design concepts.

From a practical perspective, reviews linear and non-linear behaviour,
introduces concepts of uniform hazard spectra, discusses loading provisions in
design codes and examines soil-structure interaction issues, allowing the reader
to quickly identify and implement information in a working environment.

Discusses probabilistic methods that are widely employed in the assessment of
seismic hazard, illustrating the use of Monte Carlo simulation with a number of
worked examples.

Summarises the latest developments in the field such as performance-based
seismic engineering and advances in liquefaction research.

Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction to Earthquakes
2 Single Degree of Freedom Systems
3 Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom
4 Basics of Random Variations
5 Ground Motion Characteristics
6 Introduction to Response Spectra
7 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
8 Code Provisions
9 Inelastic and Design Concepts
10 Soil- Structure Interaction Issues
11 Liquefaction
12 Performance Based Seismic Engineering - An Introduction

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