Seismic Design for Architects: Outwitting the Quake

ISBN-13: 9780750685504 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 296 str.

Andrew Charleson

Opis

Architects across the world have to design buildings that need to comply with strict seismic codes. All too often the need to comply with the code is put ahead of the design of the building, resulting in dull architecture. This book shows how to make structural requirements an integral part of the design process, not an add-on.

Spis treści

Earthquakes and Ground Shaking; How Buildings Resist Earthquakes; Seismic Design Approaches; Horizontal Structure; Vertical Structure; Seismic Design and Architecture; Foundations; Horizontal Configuration; Vertical Configuration; Non-structural Elements; Other Non-structural Elements; Retrofitting; Professional Collaboration and Communication; New Technologies; Urban Planning;Issues in Developing Countries; Earthquake Architecture

O autorze

Andrew Charleson