Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering
Cimellaro, Gian Paolo ; Marasco, Sebastiano
Synopsis "Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering"
Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the fields of Earthquake Engineering, Dynamics of Structures, Seismology and Seismic DesignEmphasizes the application of energy methods and the analysis in the frequency domain with corresponding visualization in the Gauss-Argant plan Illustrates the applications of numerical methods for the solution of the equation of motion and to the ground motion selection to be used in time history analysis of structuresProvides unique software for ground motion selection and processing that can be used by professionals to select the correct earthquake records that would run in the nonlinear analysis Introduces new topics in the field such as the Neodeterministic method in simplified terms