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A hybrid method for the vulnerability assessment of rc and urm buildings. Concrete buildings in seismic regions 2nd edition george. George papazafeiropoulos manolis georgioudakis papadrakakis manolis. The extent of special earthquake strengthening should be greatest in zone a and, for reasons of economy, can be decreased in zone c, with relatively little special strengthening in zone d. The book adopts a stepbystep approach, starting from the fundamentals of structural dynamics to application of seismic codes in analysis and design of.
Earthquake resistant construction, the fabrication of a building or structure that is able to withstand the sudden ground shaking that is characteristic of earthquakes, thereby minimizing structural damage and human deaths and injuries. Professor andreas kappos city, university of london. In october of the same year he passed the entrance examination for the department. Concrete buildings in seismic regions, second edition. Earthquakeresistant concrete structures 1st edition, kindle edition by george. Lateral load resisting reinforced concrete structural systems are described followed by a consideration of the criteria governing the earthquake resistant design of buildings. Engineering structures vol 20, issue 7, pages 571645 july. Penelis,concrete buildings in seismic regions,2014. Penelis is emeritus professor at the aristotle university of thessaloniki, greece, has served as national representative on the drafting committee for eurocode 2, is ordinary member of academia pontaniana, italy, and has published more than 250 technical papers, and is coauthor of earthquake resistant concrete structures. Paulay 1975, reinforced concrete structures, john wiley and sons, new.
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