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Seismic Engineering
Jacques Betbeder-Matibet
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Description for Seismic Engineering
Hardback. This title offers a comprehensive coverage of the many facets of seismic engineering. The first half of the book is devoted to seismic phenomena and hazards, detailing the causes of earthquakes, the parameters used to characterize earthquakes, strong ground motions, seismic hazards and their evaluation, and seismic action. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: TNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1614.
This title offers a comprehensive coverage of the many facets of seismic engineering.
The first half of the book is devoted to seismic phenomena and hazards, detailing the causes of earthquakes, the parameters used to characterize earthquakes, strong ground motions, seismic hazards and their evaluation, and seismic action. The second half discusses the effects of earthquakes and tools used to assess and reduce risk, including the effects of vibratory motions and induced phenomena, seismic calculations and technical aspects of prevention.
The importance of keeping orders of magnitude in mind (i.e. through reasoning or very simple equations) when discussing ... Read more
This title offers a comprehensive coverage of the many facets of seismic engineering.
The first half of the book is devoted to seismic phenomena and hazards, detailing the causes of earthquakes, the parameters used to characterize earthquakes, strong ground motions, seismic hazards and their evaluation, and seismic action. The second half discusses the effects of earthquakes and tools used to assess and reduce risk, including the effects of vibratory motions and induced phenomena, seismic calculations and technical aspects of prevention.
The importance of keeping orders of magnitude in mind (i.e. through reasoning or very simple equations) when discussing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
ISTE
Number of Pages
986
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848210264
SKU
V9781848210264
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jacques Betbeder-Matibet
Jacques Betbeder-Matibet was formerly a research engineer at EDF. His research interests are mainly the prevention of earthquakes risks.
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