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By: Dr. . David J. DowrickeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2 nd edition is based upon global research and development work over the last 50 years or more, and follows the author’s series of three books Earthquake Resistant Design , 1st and 2 nd editions (1977 and 1987), and Earthquake Risk Reduction (2003). Many advances have been made since the 2003 edition of Earthquake Risk Reduction , and there is every sign that this rate of progress will continue apace in the years to come. Compiled from the author’s wide design and research experience in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, this key text provides an excellent treatment of the complex multidisciplinary process of earthquake resistant design and risk reduction.
New topics include the creation of low-damage structures and the spatial distribution of ground shaking near large fault ruptures. Sections on guidance for developing countries, response of buildings to differential settlement in liquefaction, performance-based and displacement-based design and the architectural aspects of earthquake resistant design are heavily revised.
This book: Outlines individual national weaknesses that contribute to earthquake risk to people and property Calculates the seismic response of soils and structures, using the structural continuum “Subsoil – Substructure – Superstructure – Non–structure” Evaluates the effectiveness of given design and construction procedures for reducing casualties and financial losses Provides guidance on the key issue of choice of structural form Presents earthquake resistant design methods for the main four structural materials – steel, concrete, reinforced masonry and timber – as well as for services equipment, plant and non-structural architectural components Contains a chapter devoted to problems involved in improving (retrofitting) the existing built environment
This book is an invaluable reference and guiding tool to practising civil and structural engineers and architects, researchers and postgraduate students in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, local governments and risk management officials.
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| Release Date: 07-20-2009 | |
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Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction
Chapter One
Earthquake Risk Reduction
1.1 Introduction
Earthquake risk reduction is a complex affair involving many people of many vocations, much information, many opinions and many decisions and actions. The relationships between the contributing sets of information and people are illustrated schematically by the flowchart given in Figure 1.1. Considering that this diagram is necessarily simplified, it is clear that managing the changes needed to reduce earthquake risk is a challenging task in which all of the people in any given region are explicitly or implicitly involved. The largest component of earthquake risk reduction has traditionally been known as earthquake resistant design, the subject of Chapters 8-13.
1.2 Earthquake Risk and Hazard
In normal English usage the work risk means exposure to the chance of injury or loss. It is noted that the word hazard is almost synonymous with risk, and the two words are used in the risk literature with subtle variations which can be confusing.
Fortunately, an authoritative attempt has been made to overcome this difficulty through the publication by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's glossary of standard terms for use in this subject (EERI Committee on Seismic Risk, 1984). Their terminology will be used in this book.
Thus, the definition of seismic risk is the probability that social or economic consequences of earthquakes will equal or exceed specified values at a site, at several sites, or in an area, during a specified exposure time. Risk statements are thus given in quantitative terms.
Seismic hazard, on the other hand, is any physi
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