Ebook Earthquake-resistant structures: Design, build, and retrofit – Part 1

Part 1 of ebook "Earthquake-resistant structures: Design, build, and retrofit" provides readers with contents including: Chapter 1 - Modern earthquake engineering, an overview; Chapter 2 - Seismology and earthquake effects for engineers; Chapter 3 - Seismic response of structures to liquefaction; Chapter 4 - Major earthquakes as the basis for code development; Chapter 5 - Risk assessment, mitigation, and remediation; Chapter 6 - Tsunamis, earthquakes, and nuclear power; Chapter 7 - Post-disaster engineering, the Pakistan earthquake of 2005;...