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Introduction to earthquake engineering / Elijah Walker

By:

Walker, Elijah [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Brooklyn, New York : States Academic Press, [2023]Description: viii, 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781639896707

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

624.1762

Contents:

Chapter 1. What is the earthquake engineering?

Earthquake

Earthquake prediction

Earthquake and structural damages

Earthquake engineering

Geographical distribution of earthquakes

Chapter 2. Earthquake measurement

Earthquake instrumentation

Seismometers

Seismogram

Seismic intensity scales

Modified Mercalli intensity scale

Environmental seismic intensity scale

Seismic magnitude scales

Richter magnitude scale

Peak ground acceleration

Accelerograph

Chapter 3. Seismology : a comprehensive study

Seismology

Seismic wave

Seismic gap

Seismic migration

Seismic noise

Seismo-electromagnetics

Paleoseismology

Chapter 4. Seismic hazard assessment

Seismic hazard analysis

Assessment of seismic hazard of territory

Chapter 5. Seismic protection

Seismic analysis

Seismic base isolation

Seismic loading

Seismic retrofit

Seismic metamaterial

Endurance time method

Viscoelastic damper

Fluid viscous damper

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Reference	R 624.1762 W178i 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Room use only	58117QC

Includes bibliographical references and index.