Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings, 3rd Edition




Preface

Scope of the book

This book is directed towards practising engineers and

advanced students who have a sound general knowledge of

structural design but who may be unfamiliar with the

problems of providing earthquake resistance. Earthquake

engineering is a vast subject and the intention of this book is

not to provide a fully comprehensive treatment. Rather, it is

hoped to give its readers an understanding of those aspects of

the subject that are important when designing buildings in

earthquake country, with reference to more detailed sources

where necessary. The scope of this book is restricted to

buildings, but many of the principles discussed apply more

generally to other forms of construction such as bridges,

tanks and telecommunication towers.

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