Earthquake Engineering

Introduction......Page 2 Contents......Page 0 Causes of Earthquakes and Faulting......Page 4 Global......Page 7 U.S.......Page 8 Other Areas......Page 10 Magnitude......Page 13 Time History......Page 15 Elastic......Page 19 Inelastic Response Spectra......Page 24 Response Spectrum Intensity and Other Measures......Page 25 Engineering Intensity Scale......Page 26 Strong Motion Attenuation and Duration......Page 27 Code Approach......Page 37 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis......Page 38 Analytical Methods......Page 44 Empirical Methods......Page 45 Liquefaction and Liquefaction-Related Permanent Ground Displacement......Page 46 Simplified Procedure for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential......Page 51 Purpose of Codes......Page 57 Historical Development of Seismic Codes......Page 58 Selected Seismic Codes......Page 59 Buildings......Page 61 How Earthquake Forces are Resisted......Page 64 Estimation of Earthquake Forces......Page 66 Types of Buildings and Typical Earthquake Performance......Page 67 Bridges......Page 72 Industrial Structures......Page 73 Defining Terms......Page 75 References......Page 77 Further Reading......Page 84