Ebook: Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach
- Tags: Building Construction, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Geoengineering Foundations Hydraulics, Civil Engineering, Building Physics HVAC
- Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach discusses the importance of worst-scenario approach for improved earthquake resilience of buildings and nuclear reactor facilities.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach consists of two parts. The first part deals with the characterization and modeling of worst or critical ground motions on inelastic structures and the related worst-case scenario in the structural design of ordinary simple building structures. The second part of the book focuses on investigating the worst-case scenario for passively controlled and base-isolated buildings. This allows for detailed consideration of a range of topics including:
A consideration of damage of building structures in the critical excitation method for improved building-earthquake resilience,
A consideration of uncertainties of structural parameters in structural control and base-isolation for improved building-earthquake resilience, and
New insights in structural design of super high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in learning and applying the worst-case scenario approach in the seismic-resistant design for more resilient structures.
Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach discusses the importance of worst-scenario approach for improved earthquake resilience of buildings and nuclear reactor facilities.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach consists of two parts. The first part deals with the characterization and modeling of worst or critical ground motions on inelastic structures and the related worst-case scenario in the structural design of ordinary simple building structures. The second part of the book focuses on investigating the worst-case scenario for passively controlled and base-isolated buildings. This allows for detailed consideration of a range of topics including:
•A consideration of damage of building structures in the critical excitation method for improved building-earthquake resilience,
•A consideration of uncertainties of structural parameters in structural control and base-isolation for improved building-earthquake resilience, and
•New insights in structural design of super high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in learning and applying the worst-case scenario approach in the seismic-resistant design for more resilient structures.
Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach discusses the importance of worst-scenario approach for improved earthquake resilience of buildings and nuclear reactor facilities.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach consists of two parts. The first part deals with the characterization and modeling of worst or critical ground motions on inelastic structures and the related worst-case scenario in the structural design of ordinary simple building structures. The second part of the book focuses on investigating the worst-case scenario for passively controlled and base-isolated buildings. This allows for detailed consideration of a range of topics including:
•A consideration of damage of building structures in the critical excitation method for improved building-earthquake resilience,
•A consideration of uncertainties of structural parameters in structural control and base-isolation for improved building-earthquake resilience, and
•New insights in structural design of super high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in learning and applying the worst-case scenario approach in the seismic-resistant design for more resilient structures.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Earthquake Resilience of High-Rise Buildings: Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) Earthquake....Pages 7-42
Simulation of Near-Field Pulse-Like Ground Motion....Pages 43-64
Critical Characterization and Modeling of Pulse-Like Near-Field Strong Ground Motion....Pages 65-92
Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motion of Repeated Sequences....Pages 93-113
Modeling Critical Ground-Motion Sequences for Inelastic Structures....Pages 115-134
Response of Nonlinear SDOF Structures to Random Acceleration Sequences....Pages 135-149
Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Measures to Identify Unfavorable Earthquake Records....Pages 151-175
Damage Assessment of Inelastic Structures Under Worst Earthquake Loads....Pages 177-201
Critical Earthquake Loads for SDOF Inelastic Structures Considering Evolution of Seismic Waves....Pages 203-220
Critical Correlation of Bidirectional Horizontal Ground Motions....Pages 221-247
Optimal Placement of Visco-Elastic Dampers and Supporting Members Under Variable Critical Excitations....Pages 249-275
Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Passively Controlled Buildings for Robustness Evaluation....Pages 277-294
Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Base-Isolated Buildings for Robustness Evaluation....Pages 295-312
Future Directions....Pages 313-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-324
Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach discusses the importance of worst-scenario approach for improved earthquake resilience of buildings and nuclear reactor facilities.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach consists of two parts. The first part deals with the characterization and modeling of worst or critical ground motions on inelastic structures and the related worst-case scenario in the structural design of ordinary simple building structures. The second part of the book focuses on investigating the worst-case scenario for passively controlled and base-isolated buildings. This allows for detailed consideration of a range of topics including:
•A consideration of damage of building structures in the critical excitation method for improved building-earthquake resilience,
•A consideration of uncertainties of structural parameters in structural control and base-isolation for improved building-earthquake resilience, and
•New insights in structural design of super high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions.
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in learning and applying the worst-case scenario approach in the seismic-resistant design for more resilient structures.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Earthquake Resilience of High-Rise Buildings: Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) Earthquake....Pages 7-42
Simulation of Near-Field Pulse-Like Ground Motion....Pages 43-64
Critical Characterization and Modeling of Pulse-Like Near-Field Strong Ground Motion....Pages 65-92
Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motion of Repeated Sequences....Pages 93-113
Modeling Critical Ground-Motion Sequences for Inelastic Structures....Pages 115-134
Response of Nonlinear SDOF Structures to Random Acceleration Sequences....Pages 135-149
Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Measures to Identify Unfavorable Earthquake Records....Pages 151-175
Damage Assessment of Inelastic Structures Under Worst Earthquake Loads....Pages 177-201
Critical Earthquake Loads for SDOF Inelastic Structures Considering Evolution of Seismic Waves....Pages 203-220
Critical Correlation of Bidirectional Horizontal Ground Motions....Pages 221-247
Optimal Placement of Visco-Elastic Dampers and Supporting Members Under Variable Critical Excitations....Pages 249-275
Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Passively Controlled Buildings for Robustness Evaluation....Pages 277-294
Earthquake Response Bound Analysis of Uncertain Base-Isolated Buildings for Robustness Evaluation....Pages 295-312
Future Directions....Pages 313-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-324
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