Screen LibraryImproving the earthquake resilience of buildings : the worst case approach /
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer series in reliability engineering,
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4144-0 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781447141440 (electronic bk.) 144714144X (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | TA658 |
| CLC: | TU352.1 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Earthquake Resilience of High-Rise Buildings: Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) Earthquake -- Simulation of Near-Field Pulse-Like Ground Motion -- Critical Characterization and Modeling of Pulse-Like Near-Field Strong Ground Motion -- Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motion of Repeated Sequences -- Modeling Critical Ground-Motion Sequences for Inelastic Structures -- Response of Nonlinear SDOF Structures to Random Acceleration Sequences -- Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Measures to Identify Unfavorable Earthquake Records -- Damage Assessment of Inelastic Structures Under Worst Earthquake Loads -- Critical Earthquake Loads for SDOF Inelastic Structures Considering Evolution of Seismic Waves -- Critical Correlation of Bidirectional Horizontal Ground Motions -- Optimal Placement of Visco-Elastic Dampers and Supporting Members Under Variable Critical Excitations -- Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Passively Controlled Buildings for Robustness Evaluation -- Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Base-Isolated Buildings for Robustness Evaluation -- Future Directions. |