Earthquake Engineering Frontiers In The New Millennium

Author : Tanjina Nur
Publisher : Arcler Press
ISBN 13 : 9781773613772
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Engineering written by Tanjina Nur and published by Arcler Press. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our planet's seemingly constant surface is made up of massive pieces of rock that are in motion though gradually but constantly. Those pieces repeatedly strike and rub against one another, which suddenly releases huge amounts of energy. These disturbing events are called as earthquakes, and many small ones occur across our planet every day, without any notice of people. During the commencement of 21st century total number of deaths was about half a million. This is an undesirable result because earthquakes are no longer considered as natural disasters, as the main reason of this huge figure of fatalities is inadequate seismic resistance of building, which can be avoided easily. In recent years, advances have taken place in earthquake engineering when applied to different building structures. Achieving this aim is best helped by a detailed look through a scientific approach to manage the mitigation of earthquakes. The earthquakes are commonly occurring events nowadays, with nearly 50,000 tremors occurring each year in the globe primarily over plate margins. The earthquake is the outcome of magmas who force its way in plates that lead to trembling of earth. Though the prediction of earthquake is highly difficult, there are various warning signs that can be inferred for indicating both the venue and time of an imminent event. This book will trace how the term seismology, earthquake engineering, and structural engineering was coined and its evolution from a theoretical concept to a practical one. This book majorly emphasis on advancement of procedures for seismic performance assessment, improvements in structural design listing, introduction of new damping devices for supplementary energy dissipation, and expansion of new design techniques to reduce the structural damage of building. The existing structural practices can at best give clues on what improvements can be made, but it is the thorough study of earthquake engineering patterns that can give rise to proper design of strategies that can work in real life. Therefore, this day and age is the right moment to identify the challenges for future research works and for the next code generation. That is precisely what the book will be identifying. As it is defined in this book, an earthquake is the sudden, rapid shaking of the earth, caused by the breaking and shifting of subterranean rock as it releases strain that has accumulated over a longtime. Several factors behind the design of seismology and earthquake engineering gives a clear picture of how the differences in perspective can be made use of. At the same time, the book will offer very clear insights on the perceptions that can be worked upon for change which will reduce the risk of earthquakes, a brief history about seismoscopes and structural engineering introduction with its critical concerns. The education of this approach will contribute to widen the understanding on improving the ways to resist earthquakes and protective structural designing of buildings. This would be supported by real-life case studies and to enable the reader for achieving direct results. Next focus would be a list of topics on ground motions and structures; and how the concept of earthquake management and mitigations is applied in earthquake engineering. This section would also present the existing areas of improvement and challenges included under the various segments aimed at improving the utilization of seismic design strategies. Towards the end, a comprehensive detail of the vision for the future of structural engineering, its design, and analysis of structures is covered intuitively. The earth has been suffering a lot due to earthquake since ages. The large-scale impact of this disaster has been taken into consideration by various organizations and efforts have been made by several researchers to make relevant contribution towards this ailment. This book provides a deep insight on ground motions, Its parameters, scaling, and other important factors or components to understand the structural perspective of an earthquake. The study also records the characteristics of ground motion at the site and the evaluation of ground motion for engineering design. Above is a very simple anecdote of the utilization of term seismology, earthquake engineering and structural engineering and a complete study has much more to offer. I look forward to the reader for achieving value-based results by using the methodologies prescribed in the book. The constructive criticism and the feedback would be most welcome. Book jacket.