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Advanced Earthquake Engineering Analysis

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Alain Pecker

    1. Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

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Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 494)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages nil1-nil7
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  2. Soil Behaviour under Cyclic Loading

    • Alain Pecker
    Pages 1-13

  3. Determination of Soil Characteristics

    • Alain Pecker
    Pages 15-32

  4. Soil Structure Interaction

    • Alain Pecker
    Pages 33-42

  5. Earthquake Foundation Design

    • Alain Pecker
    Pages 43-61

  6. Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Structures Subjected to Seismic Action

    • Rui Pinho
    Pages 63-89

  7. Using Pushover Analysis for Assessment of Buildings and Bridges

    • Rui Pinho
    Pages 91-120

  8. The Need for Displacement-Based Design and Analysis

    • Nigel Priestley
    Pages 121-132

  9. Fundamentals of Direct Displacement-Based Seismic Design and Assessment

    • Nigel Priestley
    Pages 133-154

  10. Design and Assessment of Bridges

    • Gian Michele Calvi, Nigel Priestley
    Pages 155-179

  11. Seismic testing

    • Pierre Sollogoub
    Pages 181-214
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About this book

During the last decade, the state of the art in Earthquake Engineering Design and Analysis has made significant steps towards a more rationale analysis of structures. Scientists have long recognized that earthquake design is guided by displacements and deformations rather than forces. However due to the historical background of structural engineers in static analyses, effects of earthquake on structures have been viewed as forces acting on the structures. All presently available design building codes are developed along these lines. Our knowledge of ground motion characteristics, earthquake geotechnical engineering, structural behaviour (design and numerical analyses) and model tests have advanced to a point where it is possible to anticipate a significant move from force based design approaches to displacements based design approaches. Although displacement based analyses constitute the kernel of most research programs, they have not yet been incorporated in the state of practice.

The purpose of the book is to review the fundamentals of displacement based methods, starting from engineering seismology, earthquake geotechnical engineering, to focus on design, analysis and testing of structures with emphasis on buildings and bridges.

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  • Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

    Alain Pecker

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