Overview
Defines the various levels of seismic zonation that improves understanding of earthquake risk mitigation
Assesses the feasibility of various methodologies for site characterization and site effect estimation for different levels of seismic zonation
Comprehensively demonstrates how to perform ideal seismic zonation at micro and macro levels
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About the authors
Prof. Dr. T.G. Sitharam is a KSIIDC Chair Professor in the area of Energy and Mechanical Sciences and Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc). He was former founder Chairman of the Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at IISc. He is presently the Chairman of the AICTE South Western Zonal Committee, Regional office at Bengaluru and Vice President of the Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET). He is the founder President of the International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR). He was a Visiting Professor at Yamaguchi University, Japan, University of waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; University of Dolhousie, Halifax, Canada; and ISM Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Sitharam has obtained his BE(Civil Engg) from Govt BDT College of Engineering from Mysore University, India in 1984, Masters in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1986 and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1991 in the area of geomechanics. Further he was a Research Scientist at center for earth sciences and engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA until 1994. Over the last 25 years, he has carried out seismic microzonation of urban centers in India and developed innovative technologies in the area of seismic hazard, liquefaction, fracturing and geotechnical applications, leading to about 500 technical papers, Ten books, four patents, 125 consulting projects and two startup companies. He is the chief editor of two international journals (International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from IGI Global and Journal of Sustainable Urbanization, Planning and Progress (JSUPP) from UDS publishing House, China) in his areas of research. He has guided 30 Ph.D students and presently he has 8 doctoral students with him. He has advised more than 25 post doctoral students and 35 M Tech students.
Dr. Naveen James is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar. He obtained his M.Tech from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal and PhD from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore in the area of Geotechnical Engineering. He was formerly at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus as an Assistant Professor. He as also worked as ancatastrophe R&D Specialistat at American International Group Inc.(AIG) in Bangalore. His current research interests include liquefaction, dynamic behavior of soils, seismic hazard assessment and microzonation, site characterization and site response studies, and GIS applications in hazard studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Comprehensive Seismic Zonation Schemes for Regions at Different Scales
Authors: T. G. Sitharam, Naveen James, Sreevalsa Kolathayar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89659-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89658-8Published: 14 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07824-9Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89659-5Published: 30 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 193
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Natural Hazards, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Geology