About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Earthquake, Column, Oscillation, Tsunami, Seismology, Seismic retrofit, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Earthquake shaking table, Damage to infrastructure in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Soil liquefaction, Peak ground acceleration, Tsunamis in lakes, Steel plate shear wall, Tuned mass damper, Mechanical resonance, Seismic analysis, Albert C. Martin, Sr., National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Nathan M. Newmark, Earthquake engineering structures, China Seismic Intensity Scale, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Seismic microzonation, Insulated concrete form, Seismic scale, Soil structure interaction, Foundation, Response spectrum, ICEARRAY, Triaxial Earthquake and Shock Simulator, Bruce Bolt, Earthquake insurance, C. Allin Cornell, Giuseppe Mercalli, Nabih Youssef, Sarada K. Sarma, Nicolas Ambraseys, Modal analysis, Unreinforced masonry building, Base isolation, Ray W. Clough, Soft story building, NEES, The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Vibration control, Jai Krishna, George W. Housner, Earthquake simulation, Maurice Anthony Biot, Superstructure, OpenSees, Destructive testing, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Active vibration control, Egor Popov, Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center, John Blume, Henry J. Degenkolb, Slip-critical joint, Seismic loading, List of international earthquake acceleration coefficients, Earthquake loss, Metallic roller bearing, Dissipator, Mechanics of structures. Excerpt: An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured usin...
