Critical excitation methods in earthquake engineering

• Main Author: Takewaki, Izuru.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2007.
• Series: Knovel Library.
• Subjects: Earthquake engineering.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080467627; 0080467628; 1280746750; 9781280746758; 9780080453095; 0080453090
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations

Since the occurrence of earthquakes and their properties are very uncertain even with the present knowledge, it is too difficult to define reasonable design ground motions especially for important buildings. In the seismic resistant design of building structures, the concept of performance-based des...