:from engineering seismology to performance-based engineering
/ edited by Yousef Bozorgnia, Vitelmo V. Bertero
Boca Raton, Fla.
: CRC Press,
, c2004.
1 online resource.
e
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; List of cover photographs; Contributors; Contents; 1 The early years of earthquake engineering and its modern goal; 2 Engineering sesimology; 3 The role geology in seismic hazard mitigation; 4 Geotechnical aspects of seismic hazards; 5 Engineering characterizaion of ground motion; 6 Methods of analysis for earthquake-resistant structures; 7 probabilistic aspects of earthquake engineering; 8 performance-based seismic engineering:Development and application of a comprehensive conceptual approach to the design of buildings