Buildings require great designs and sound construction practices to be able to withstand the disastrous forces of an earthquake. There are several common designs and construction mistakes one can avoid to keep a building intact and minimize the impact of ...
Category: Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake engineering deals with the study of earthquake forces and its effects on the buildings and structures.
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Performance Levels of Buildings Against Earthquakes
Performance level of structures against earthquakes describes limiting damage condition that assumed to be satisfactory for a given building and a given ground motion. Moreover, building damages, danger to life safety of occupants in the building due to the damage, ...
Factors Affecting Degree of Earthquake Damages to Buildings
Various factors such as brittle columns, stiffness elements, flexible ground floor, short columns, shapes, sizes, number of storeys, type of foundation, location of adjacent buildings, structural layouts etc. affects the degree of damages to buildings during earthquakes. These factors which ...
Principles of Conceptual Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures
Principles of conceptual design of earthquake resistant building structures deals with load transfer and shapes of structures for desired behaviour during earthquake.
Types of Earthquake Resistant Masonry Walls Construction
There are various types of masonry wall which may be suitable to construct in areas prone to earthquakes. Types of these seismic resistant masonry wall are discussed.
Soil-Structure Interaction -Effects, Analysis and Applications in Design
Soil-structure interaction is a study of response of soil and structure during earthquake. Its effects, analysis and applications in structural design is discussed.
Performance of Cable Supported Bridges During Earthquakes
Cable supported bridges perform better during earthquakes compared to other types of bridges. Performance of various types of cable supported bridges during earthquake is discussed.
Soft Storey in Buildings and its Vulnerability Towards Earthquakes
Soft story configuration in structures is a type of construction where any one story of the building is more flexible (less stiff) when compared with other floors. This may be located at the bottom, or at any intermediate points, where ...