The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
Brian F. Atwater,
University of Washington Press / U.S. Geological Survey
2005-12-30
ISBN: 0295985356
133 pages
PDF 73,2 MB
The outside world scarcely knew of northwestern North America in the year 1700. The Pacific coast, from southcentral Alaska to Oregon's Cape Blanco, was uncharted until the Spanish and English explorations of the 1770s. Yet, when tectonic plates suddenly shifted there in 1700, a train of ocean waves -- a tsunami -- sped across the Pacific Ocean. When the waves came ashore in Japan, they flooded fields and washed away houses. Samurai, merchants, and villagers recorded the mysterious event, but they observed no storm and felt no parent earthquake. In Japan, this tsunami was an orphan.
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 tells this transpacific detective story by presenting its primary sources, Japanese documents and North American sediments and tree rings. They tell of a catastrophe a century before Lewis and Clark's expedition that now guides preparations for future earthquakes and tsunamis in the North Pacific.
A rich array of graphic detail and narrative explains the creation, action, and lasting effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Seismic Behavior of Steel Buildings with Combined Rigid and Semi-Rigid Frames
Research
Dr. Shen's expertise and research interests are in the areas of inelastic behavior of steel structures and earthquake engineering, including cyclic behavior and earthquake-resistant design of steel structures, wind and earthquake induced dynamic problems in structures, and seismic retrofit. His current research includes model-based simulations of large-scale structures; application of imaging technology in structural engineering collapse and failure of structures under natural and man-made disasters; performance-based design of steel structures using energy approach; and seismic study of semi-rigid steel frames. Current projects under study include: (1) Performance-based seismic design of concentrically and eccentrically braced frames; (2) Seismic study of deep column steel moment frames using model-based simulation; (3) Seismic design of steel column base plates; (4) Pushover study of building frames; (5) Inelastic behavior of lateral-torsional buckling; (6) Structural heath monitoring of building structures; and (7) Tension-compression balanced steel braced frames. Dr. Shen is a member of EERI, AISC and ASCE.
connections in steel structures
adapted from Shen, J., Steel Structures, Class Notes, IIT, Fall 2009
will be available soon
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Ripped from google books so it has some pages missing
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Advanced dam engineering for design, construction, and rehabilitation
EDITOR:
ROBERT B. JANSEN
This is a book ripped from Google books and has some pages missing
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Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures - Tapan K. Sen
Tapan K. Sen, "Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures"
Wiley | 2009-07-27 | ISBN: 0470017554 | 404 pages | PDF | 70,4 MB
This book provides a practical guide to the basic essentials of earthquake engineering with a focus on seismic loading and structural design. Benefiting from the author’s extensive career in structural and earthquake engineering, dynamic analysis and lecturing, it is written from an industry perspective at a level suitable for graduate students.
Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures is organised into four major sections: introduction to earthquakes and related engineering problems, analysis, seismic loading, and design concepts.
# From a practical perspective, reviews linear and non-linear behaviour, introduces concepts of uniform hazard spectra, discusses loading provisions in design codes and examines soil-structure interaction issues, allowing the reader to quickly identify and implement information in a working environment.
# Discusses probabilistic methods that are widely employed in the assessment of seismic hazard, illustrating the use of Monte Carlo simulation with a number of worked examples.
# Summarises the latest developments in the field such as performance-based seismic engineering and advances in liquefaction research.
“There are many books on earthquake engineering, but few are of direct use to the practising structural designer. This one, however, offers a new perspective, putting emphasis on the practical aspects of quantifying seismic loading, and explaining the importance of geotechnical effects during a major seismic event in readily understandable terms. The author has succeeded in marrying important seismological considerations with structural engineering practice, and this long-awaited book will find ready acceptance in the profession.”
Professor Patrick J. Dowling CBE, DL, DSc, FIStructE, Hon MRIA, FIAE, FREng, FRS Chairman, British Association for the Advancement of Science Emeritus Professor and Retired Vice Chancellor, University of Surrey
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BS 5975:2008 - Code of practice for Temporary Works
This British Standard gives recommendations and guidance on the
procedural controls to be applied to all aspects of temporary works
in the construction industry. It also includes guidance on design,
specification, construction, use and dismantling of falsework. This
standard gives guidance on permissible stress design of falsework.
This guidance is also applicable to the design of what is termed class
A falsework1) in BS EN 12812:2004, the design of which is specifically
excluded from BS EN 12812:2004.
216 Pages ll 2008 ll 1.04MB size
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Some of the facts and information about its making and the extraordinary efforts made to bring it to life.
The opening of this Mega structure is scheduled on Jan 4th 2010.
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External Works, Roads and Drainage: A Practical Guide
External Works, Roads and Drainage: A Practical Guide
By Phil Pitman
Publisher Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0419257608
edition 2001
PDF
352 pages
1,37 mb
Bridges the gap between theory and practice in building, construction, and civil engineering, providing practical guidance and the knowledge required "on the job." Comprehensive in scope, the book includes sections on legislation, environmental issues, surface water, highway and drainage design, road and pavement design, and external works. The book is well illustrated with flowcharts to guide the reader through the design process.
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J. Larsen-Basse: Long Term Durability of Structural Materials
Pages:312 | PDF | Elsevier Science; 1 edition (August 1, 2001) | ISBN 0080438903 | 15.23 MB
"Long Term Durability of Structural Materials" features proceedings of the workshop held at Berkeley, CA in October, 2000. It brought together engineers and scientists, who have received grants from the initiative NSF 98-42, to share their results on the study of long-term durability of materials and structures.
The major objective was to develop new methods for accelerated short-term laboratory or in-situ tests which allow accurate, reliable, predictions of the long-term performance of materials, machines and structures. To achieve this goal it was important to understand the fundamental nature of the deterioration and damage processes in materials and to develop innovative ways to model the behavior of these processes as they affect the life and long-term performance of components, machines and structures.
The researchers discussed their approach to include size effects in scaling up from laboratory specimens to actual structures. Accelerated testing and durability modeling techniques developed were validated by comparing their results with performance under actual operating conditions. The main mechanism of the deterioration discussed included environmental effects and/or exposure to loads, speeds and other operating conditions that are not fully anticipated in the original design. A broad range of deterioration damage, such as fatigue, overload, ultraviolet damage, corrosion, and wear was presented.
A broad range of materials of interest was also discussed, including the full spectrum of construction materials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and coatings. Emphasis was placed on scale-dependence and history of fabrication on resulting mechanical behavior of materials.
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