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Critical excitation methods in earthquake engineering /

This book introduces a new probabilistic and energy-based critical excitation approach to overcome several problems in the scientific and rational modelling of ground motions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takewaki, Izuru
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Earthquake engineering.
Earthquakes.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Earthquake. > Earthquake.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080994369
Summary: This book introduces a new probabilistic and energy-based critical excitation approach to overcome several problems in the scientific and rational modelling of ground motions.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080994291
0080994296
9781299650107
1299650104
Index Number: TA654
CLC: P315.9
Contents: 1. Overview of seismic critical excitation method -- 2. Critical excitation for stationary and nonstationary random inputs -- 3. Critical excitation for nonproportionally damped structural systems -- 4. Critical excitation for acceleration response -- 5. Critical excitation for elastic-plastic response -- 6. Critical envelope function for nonstationary random earthquake input -- 7. Robust stiffness design for structure-dependent critical excitation -- 8. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in SDOF system -- 9. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in MDOF system -- 10. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in soil-structure interaction system -- 11. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in structure-pile-soil system -- 12. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input rate -- 13. Critical excitation for multi-component inputs -- 14. Critical excitation for elastic-plastic response using deterministic approach -- 15. Earthquake resilience evaluation of building structures with critical excitation methods.

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