Critical Excitation Methods in Earthquake Engineering

ISBN-13: 9780080994369 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 400 str.

Izuru Takewaki

Opis

After the March 11, 2011, earthquake in Japan, there is overwhelming interest in worst-case analysis, including the critical excitation method. Nowadays, seismic design of structures performed by any seismic code is based on resisting previous natural earthquakes. Critical Excitation Methods in Earthquake Engineering, 2e, develops a new framework for modeling design earthquake loads for inelastic structures. The 2e, includes three new chapters covering the critical excitation problem for multi-component input ground motions, and that for elastic-plastic structures in a more direct way are incorporated and discussed in more depth. Finally, the problem of earthquake resilience of super high-rise buildings is discussed from broader viewpoints.

• Solves problems of earthquake resilience of super high-rise buildings
• Three new chapters on critical excitation problem for multi-component input ground motions
• Includes numerical examples of one and two-story models

Spis treści

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Overview of seismic critical excitation method
2. Critical excitation for stationary and non-stationary random inputs 25
3. Critical excitation for non-proportionally damped structural systems
4. Critical excitation for acceleration response
5. Critical excitation for elastic-plastic response
6. Critical envelope function for non-stationary random earthquake input
7. Robust stiffness design for structure-dependent critical excitation
8. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in SDOF system
9. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in MDOF system
10. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in soil-structure interaction system
11. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in structure-pile-soil system
12. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input rate
13. Critical excitation for multi-component inputs
14. Critical excitation for elastic-plastic response using deterministic approach
15. Earthquake resilience evaluation of building structures with critical excitation methods