The devastating tsunamis that struck Chile and Japan in 2010 and 2011 underscored the critical need for new structural design criteria to improve building resilience and safeguard human life. As a result, provisions for tsunami loads are included in Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures. In this authoritative companion guide, Ian Robertson leads readers through the application of tsunami design and connects the ASCE 7-16 tsunami provisions to prior design guidelines, laboratory research, and field surveys. Then Robertson...
The devastating tsunamis that struck Chile and Japan in 2010 and 2011 underscored the critical need for new structural design criteria to improve buil...