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Computational Methods, Seismic Protection, Hybrid Testing and Resilience in Earthquake Engineering

A Tribute to the Research Contributions of Prof. Andrei Reinhorn

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Gian Paolo Cimellaro

    1. Department of Structural, Geotechnical & Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  2. Satish Nagarajaiah

    1. Civil & Env. Engineering and Mech. Engineering, Rice University, Houston, USA

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  3. Sashi K. Kunnath

    1. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA

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  • High quality research advancements in different earthquake engineering topics
  • Worldwide reputation of the authors in their respective fields
  • The book covers four main topics of earthquake engineering
  • International outlook of the book, with authors coming from six different countries
  • Extremely well illustrated

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 33)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
    Pages 1-2

  4. Experimental Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Three Dimensional Formulation of Large Displacement Problems: The Zipper Frame Example

      • Macarena Schachter Adaros
      Pages 57-75

    3. Simplified Seismic Evaluation of Structures Using Adaptive Pushover Analysis

      • Joseph M. Bracci
      Pages 77-96

    4. Evaluation of the Seismic Capacity of Nonstructural Components

      • Gennaro Magliulo, Crescenzo Petrone, Giuseppe Maddaloni, Pauline Lopez, Gaetano Manfredi
      Pages 97-109

    5. Reference Quantities and Values for a Possible Interpretation of the Data Acquired from Monitoring System of Historical Buildings

      • Tomaso Trombetti, Stefano Silvestri, Giada Gasparini, Michele Palermo, Simonetta Baraccani
      Pages 111-126

  5. Hybrid Testing and Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. A Versatile Hybrid Testing System and Its Application in Developing Hybrid Simulation Methods for NEESR Projects

      • Xiaoyun Shao, Adam Mueller, Chelsea Griffith, Griffin Enyart
      Pages 129-148

  6. Resilience-Based Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Introduction to Resilience-Based Design (RBD)

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro, C. Renschler, M. Bruneau
      Pages 151-183

    3. Modelling Economic Dimension of Community Resilience

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro, D. Martinelli
      Pages 185-202

    4. Seismic Performance of Health Care Facilities Using Discrete Event Simulation Models

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Marta Piqué
      Pages 203-215

  7. Seismic Protection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. On the Seismic Behaviour of Viscously Coupled Shear Walls

      • O. Lavan
      Pages 219-232

    3. An Energy-Based Method for Designing the Supplemental Damping of Inelastic Structures

      • R. Barron, A. G. Ayala
      Pages 233-247
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About this book

The book is a tribute to the research contribution of Professor Andrei Reinhorn in the field of earthquake engineering. It covers all the aspects connected to earthquake engineering starting from computational methods, hybrid testing and control, resilience and seismic protection which have been the main research topics in the field of earthquake engineering in the last 30 years. These were all investigated by Prof. Reinhorn throughout his career. The book provides the most recent advancements in these four different fields, including contributions coming from six different countries giving an international outlook to the topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Structural, Geotechnical & Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Gian Paolo Cimellaro

  • Civil & Env. Engineering and Mech. Engineering, Rice University, Houston, USA

    Satish Nagarajaiah

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA

    Sashi K. Kunnath

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