Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings The worst case approach /

Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances....

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Main Authors: Takewaki, Izuru. (Author), Moustafa, Abbas. (Author), Fujita, Kohei. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4144-0
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505 0 # |a 1 Introduction -- 2. Earthquake resilience of high-rise buildings: Case study of the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) earthquake -- 3. Simulation of near-field pulse-like ground motion -- 4. Critical characterization and modeling of pulse-like near-field strong ground motion -- 5. Characteristics of earthquake ground motion of repeated sequences -- 6. Modeling critical ground-motion sequences for inelastic structures -- 7. Response of Nonlinear SDOF Structures to Random Acceleration Sequences -- 8. Use of deterministic and probabilistic measures to identify unfavorable earthquake records -- 9. Damage Assessment to Inelastic Structure Under Worst Earthquake Loads -- 10 Critical earthquake loads for SDOF inelastic structures considering evolution of seismic waves -- 11. Critical Correlation of Bi-Directional Horizontal Ground Motions -- 12. Optimal placement of viscoelastic dampers and supporting members under variable critical excitations -- 13 Earthquake response bound analysis of uncertain passively controlled buildings for robustness evaluation -- 14 Earthquake response bound analysis of uncertain base-isolated buildings for robustness evaluation -- 15. Future Directions. 
520 # # |a Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach discusses the importance of worst-scenario approach for improved earthquake resilience of buildings and nuclear reactor facilities. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach consists of two parts. The first part deals with the characterization and modeling of worst or critical ground motions on inelastic structures and the related worst-case scenario in the structural design of ordinary simple building structures. The second part of the book focuses on investigating the worst-case scenario for passively controlled and base-isolated buildings. This allows for detailed consideration of a range of topics including: "A consideration of damage of building structures in the critical excitation method for improved building-earthquake resilience, "A consideration of uncertainties of structural parameters in structural control and base-isolation for improved building-earthquake resilience, and "New insights in structural design of super high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions. Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings: The worst case approach is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in learning and applying the worst-case scenario approach in the seismic-resistant design for more resilient structures. 
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