Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings is an internationally applicable, practical guide for engineers to the seismic design of buildings for earthquake-resilient communities. In its third edition, Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings continues to provide comprehensive, practical, easy to read advice on the technical issues that have to be considered in the seismic design of buildings. It has been extensively updated and expanded, with completely new material added on socio-economic factors, recent technologies for earthquake resistance, displacement-based design, assessment of liquefaction potential and new developments in the seismic-resisting design and analysis of concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures
Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings is an internationally applicable, practical guide for engineers to the seismic design of buildings for earthquake-resilient communities.
In its third edition, Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings continues to provide comprehensive, practical, easy to read advice on the technical issues that have to be considered in the seismic design of buildings. It has been extensively updated and expanded, with completely new material added on socio-economic factors, recent technologies for earthquake resistance, displacement-based design, assessment of liquefaction potential and new developments in the seismic-resisting design and analysis of concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures.
Outlining the principles of structural dynamics applicable to seismic analysis and presenting the fundamentally important issue of conceptual design for satisfactory seismic performance, the reader is enabled to understand and analyse the way in which an earthquake stresses a building, choose structural forms and materials to cope with these stresses and translate this into practical, affordable, attractive spaces that can survive a very severe earthquake and remain operational following less severe seismic events.
Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings:
•Discusses the design of foundations and issues specific to seismic design of concrete, steel, masonry and timber buildings and their contents, explaining principles that can be applied to other structural materials
•Details developments in assessing and strengthening seismic resistance of existing structures which, without adequate seismic resistance, pose a huge safety and economic threat
•Is internationally applicable, explaining the science and engineering underpinning national codes
•Draws on the lessons that can be learnt from the way buildings have performed in past earthquakes, including recent events in Haiti, Christchurch (New Zealand) and Japan
•Considers the threat to human activity from earthquakes and the strategies employed to mitigate this
Written by a practising structural engineer, Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings provides a practical introduction to seismic engineering for engineers designing and analyzing earthquake resistant structures; it is also aimed at researchers and at advanced engineering students with a previous knowledge of structural design.
Table Contents
The nature of earthquake risk
1.1. Introduction: technical solutions are not sufficient
1.2. Why earthquakes are different
1.3. How the toll from earthquakes varies between societies
1.4. Preparing for earthquakes
1.5. When the earthquake strikes
1.6. Reconstruction and recovery
1.7. An appropriate response to the earthquake threat
1.8. Creating earthquake-resilient communities References
Earthquake hazard
2.1. The hazards that earthquakes give rise to
2.2. Earthquake basics
2.3. Earthquake probability and return periods
2.4. Performance objectives under earthquake loading
2.5. Representation of ground motion
2.6. Site effects
2.7. Quantifying the risk from earthquakes
2.8. Design earthquake motions References
The calculation of structural response
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Basic principles of seismic analysis
3.3. Linear response spectrum analysis
3.4. Non-linear response to earthquakes
3.5. Analysis for capacity design
3.6. Other considerations for a seismic analysis
3.7. Seismic analysis of buildings
3.8. Displacement-based design References
Analysis of soils and soil–structure interaction
4.1. Soil properties for seismic design
4.2. Liquefaction
4.3. Site-specific seismic hazards
4.4. Soil–structure interaction References
Initial planning considerations
5.1. The lessons from earthquake damage
5.2. Design and performance objectives
5.3. Anatomy of a building 5.4. Planning considerations
5.5. Structural systems
5.6. Cost of providing seismic resistance References
Seismic codes of practice
6.1. Role of seismic codes in design
6.2. Development of codes
6.3. International seismic codes
6.4. Design and performance objectives
6.5. Code requirements for analysis
6.6. Code requirements for strength
6.7. Code requirements for deflection
6.8. Load combinations
6.9. Code requirements for detailing
6.10. Code requirements for foundations
6.11. Code requirements for non-structural elements and building contents
6.12. Other considerations
6.13. Guidance material References
Foundations
7.1. Design objectives
7.2. ‘Capacity design’ considerations for foundations
7.3. Safety factors for seismic design of foundations
7.4. Pad and strip foundations
7.5. Raft foundations
7.6. Piled foundations
7.7. Retaining structures
7.8. Design in the presence of liquefiable soils References
Reinforced concrete design
8.1. Lessons from earthquake damage
8.2. Behaviour of reinforced concrete under cyclic loading
8.3. Material specification
8.4. Analysis of reinforced concrete structures
8.5. Design of concrete building structures References
Steelwork design
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Lessons learned from earthquake damage
9.3. The behaviour of steelwork members under cyclic loading
9.4. Materials specification
9.5. Analysis of steelwork structures
9.6. Design of steel building structures
9.7. Steel concrete composite structures References
Masonry
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Forms of masonry construction
10.3. Lessons from earthquake damage
10.4. Designing masonry buildings for seismic resistance
10.5. Analysis of masonry structures
10.6. Simple rules for masonry buildings References
Timber
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Lessons learnt from earthquake damage
11.3. Characteristics of timber as a seismic-resisting building material
11.4. Design of timber structures References
Building contents
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Analysis and design of non-structural elements for seismic resistance
12.3. Electrical, mechanical and other equipment
12.4. Vertical and horizontal services
12.5. Cladding References
Seismic isolation
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Performance of seismically isolated buildings in earthquakes
13.3. Seismic isolation systems
13.4. Design considerations
13.5. Analysis of seismic isolation systems
13.6. European and US standards for seismically isolated buildings References
Assessment and strengthening of existing buildings
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Performance of strengthened buildings in earthquakes
14.3. Design strategies for strengthening
14.4. Surveying the seismic adequacy of existing buildings
14.5. Analysis methods
14.6. Methods of strengthening
14.7. Special considerations for strengthening earthquake-damaged buildings
14.8. Upgrading of historic buildings
14.9. Assessment of large groups of buildings References
Index