Earthquake engineering for beginners
Earthquake engineering for beginners
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Hi guys,
I'm currently a fairly experienced structural engineer (5 years) from the UK, but I have been giving consideration to moving to New Zealand for a while. Obviously this will bring about a significant change in design codes for me, but I think the biggest thing will be the need for earthquake engineering.
I haven't done any earthquake related design since Uni, and even then it was fairly basic. Can anyone recommend me any good textbooks where I can start to get a grasp of this subject? I need to get a fairly good first principle grasp on it before I would consider working as an engineering in NZ.
Thanks for your help,
Dave
I'm currently a fairly experienced structural engineer (5 years) from the UK, but I have been giving consideration to moving to New Zealand for a while. Obviously this will bring about a significant change in design codes for me, but I think the biggest thing will be the need for earthquake engineering.
I haven't done any earthquake related design since Uni, and even then it was fairly basic. Can anyone recommend me any good textbooks where I can start to get a grasp of this subject? I need to get a fairly good first principle grasp on it before I would consider working as an engineering in NZ.
Thanks for your help,
Dave






RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
Better git yer book lern'n dun more fast!
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
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RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
Bibliography for seismic design of structures & Recommendations for the seismic design of buildings. Design guide for architects and structural engineers.
RE: Earthquake engineering for beginners
AISC's Seismic design manual is good (though many will complain about too main typos in the first printing). You might wait for the 2nd edition manual to come out. I believe it is coming out within the next few months.
I also like this article from Structure magazine. Specifically, figure 1 does a great job explaining the basic concept of why we have three variables (R, Omega, Cd) to define the seismic behavior. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.structuremag.org/Archives/2008-9/C-Gues...