Critical excitation methods in earthquake engineering
[Book]
/ Izuru Takewaki
1st ed.
Oxford
: Elsevier,
, 2007.
xv, 270 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
Electronic
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book introduces a new probabilistic and energy-based critical excitation approach to overcome several problems in the scientific and rational modeling of ground motions. The author hopes that this book will help the development of new seismic-resistant design methods of buildings for such unpredicted or unpredictable ground motions."--BOOK JACKET.
Ch. 1. Overview of seismic critical excitation method -- Ch. 2. Critical excitation for stationary and non-stationary random inputs -- Ch. 3. Critical excitation for non-proportionally damped structural systems -- Ch. 4. Critical excitation for acceleration response -- Ch. 5. Critical excitation for elastic-plastic response -- Ch. 6. Critical envelope function for non-stationary random earthquake input -- Ch. 7. Robust stiffness design for structure-dependent critical excitation -- Ch. 8. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in SDOF system -- Ch. 9. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in MDOF system -- Ch. 10. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in soil-structure interaction system -- Ch. 11. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input in structure-pile-soil system -- Ch. 12. Critical excitation for earthquake energy input rate.