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Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering: Those Familiar With Newmark - S and Rosen
Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering: Those Familiar With Newmark - S and Rosen
BOOK REVIEW
P a r t I is d e v o t e d to d y n a m i c s . Chapters
on Simple Linear Systems, Linear Systems with
S e v e r a l D e g r e e s of Freedom, Linear S y s t e m s
with Distributed Mass, Numerical Computation
a n d N o n - l i n e a r S y s t e m s p r e c e d e one on
R. Shepherd
Hydrodynamics. E a c h p r e sent s t h e f u n d a m e n t a l
c o n c e p t s a n d m a t h e m a t i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t in a
r e a d i l y f o l l o w e d f o r m , but w i t h b o t h t h e
e m p h a s i s and t h e e x a m p l e s o r i e n t a t e d to
earthquake engineering applications. Part I
includes illustrative problems and their
s o l u t i o n s at t h e e n d of e a c h c h a p t e r . The
c o n t e n t a n d f o r m of t h i s sect ion of t h e b o o k
m a k e it e x t r e m e l y v a l u a b l e a s a r e c o m m e n d e d
text for a civil engineering d y n a m i c s course
at s e n i o r u n d e r g r a d u a t e or g r a d u a t e l e v e l .
P a r t II c o n t a i n s c h a p t e r s d e v o t e d to
earthquake m o t i o n s , dynamic structural effects
a n d the c o n c e p t s e s s e n t i a l to the d e s i g n of
earthquake resistant structures. C h a p t e r s on
Earthquake Characteristies, Seismicity,
P r o b a b i l i t y D i s t r i b u t i o n s of R e s p o n s e S p e c t r a
O r d i n a t e s a n d R e s p o n s e s of L i n e a r a n d N o n -
linear Systems are included. A particularly
g o o d s e c t i o n on t h e b e h a v i o u r of M a t e r i a l s
(including Soils) and Structural Components
u n d e r E a r t h q u a k e L o a d i n g leads into Part III
o f the b o o k c o v e r i n g D e s i g n ,
In thi s f i n a l p o r t i o n b o t h b a s i c c o n c e p t s
a n d p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s of e a r t h q u a k e
resistant d e s i g n are presented. Codes are
e x a m i n e d a n a de s i g n d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g i s d i s -
cussed. In a d d i t i o n to the m o r e u s u a l
b u i l d i n g s t r u c t u r e s , r e f e r e n c e i s m a d e to
Towers, Stacks, Bridges, Retaining Structures,
T u n n e l s and P i p e s .
A c o m p r e h e n s i v e r e f e r e n c e 1i st is
i n c l u d e d in a d d i t i o n to a p p e n d i c e s c o v e r i n g
the c a l c u l a t i o n of d y n a m i c p a r a m e t e r s from
n a t u r a l m o d e s o f v i b r a t i o n a n d d e t a i l s of t h e
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.
T h e r e v i e w e r k n o w s of no o t h e r c o m p a r a b l e
s i n g l e s o u r c e of e a r t h q u a k e e n g i n e e r i n g
fundamentals. C o n s e q u e n t l y thi s b o o k i s
l i k e l y to be r e c o m m e n d e d r e a d i n g f o r a l l
e a r t h q u a k e e n g i n e e r i n g cour se s. Its
p r o d u c t i o n i s c o n si s t e n t w i t h the h i g h
s t a n d a r d of t o p r a n k e d N o r t h A m e r i c a n
technical publi shers. Newmark and R o s e n b l u e t h * s