Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering

Description

This work is an elementary but comprehensive textbook which provides the latest updates in the fields of Earthquake Engineering, Dynamics of Structures, Seismology and Seismic Design, introducing relevant new topics to the fields such as the Neodeterministic method. Its main purpose is to illustrate the application of energy methods and the analysis in the frequency domain with the corresponding visualization in the Gauss-Argant plan. However, emphasis is also given to the applications of numerical methods for the solution of the equation of motion and to the ground motion selection to be used in time history analysis of structures. As supplementary materials, this book provides “OPENSIGNAL", a rare and unique software for ground motion selection and processing that can be used by professionals to select the correct earthquake records that would run in the nonlinear analysis. The book contains clear illustrations and figures to describe the subject in an intuitive way. It uses simple language and terminology and the math is limited only to cases where it is essential to understand the physical meaning of the system. Therefore, it is suitable also for those readers who approach these subjects for the first time and who only have a basic understanding of mathematics (linear algebra) and static analysis of structures. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 3-16 SDOF Systems (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 17-55 Methods of Solution of the Equation of Motion (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 57-94 MDOF Systems (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 95-160 Energy Dissipation (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 161-172 Distributed Mass and Elasticity Systems (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 173-178 Generalized SDOF Systems (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 179-190 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 Seismology and Earthquakes (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 193-228 Major Seismic Events That Occurred in Italy and in the World (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 229-250 Seismic Hazard Analysis (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 251-261 Earthquake Prediction (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 263-280 Seismic Input (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 281-307 Opensignal (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 309-329 Methods of Analysis (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 331-351 Front Matter ....Pages 353-353 Capacity Design (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 355-367 Seismic Modeling of Infill Walls (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 369-390 Passive Energy Dissipating Systems (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 391-419 Tuned-Mass Dampers (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 421-438 Base Isolation (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 439-473 Masonry Structures (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 475-532 Modeling of Structures in Seismic Zone (Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Sebastiano Marasco)....Pages 533-583 Back Matter ....Pages 585-598