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1. Response Spectrum Method: In Seismic Analysis of Structural Systems and Components, Second Edition

   By Ajaya Kumar Gupta

   The response spectrum method and the simplified techniques derived from it have become popular methods of seismic analysis and design. Including information garnered from research performed since the first edition, this new edition provides a complete single-source review of past and current...

   July 2011 | 978-0-8493-9256-6 | Hardback (CRC Press)

2. Acoustic Emission/Microseismic Activity, Volume 2: Geotechnical Field & Laboratory Applications

   By H. Reginald Hardy, Jr.

   Most solids emit low-level seismic signals known as acoustic emission/microseismic (AE/MS) activity. In recent years AE/MS techniques have been utilized for stability monitoring of underground structures such as mines, tunnels, natural gas and petroleum storage caverns, radioactive waste...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-46858-9 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)

3. Strong Earthquake Ground Motion: Theory and Applications

   By Mustafa Erdik, Eser Durukal

   Specifically focused on earthquake-resistant design, this book addresses essential issues and engineering applications of strong ground seismology. Its application-oriented style includes detailed coverage of source, physics, wave propagation, recording, characteristics, synthetic stimulation, and...

   March 2011 | 978-0-8493-2271-6 | Hardback (CRC Press)

4. Structural Damping: Applications in Seismic Response Modification

   By Zach Liang, George C. Lee, Gary F. Dargush, Jianwei Song

   This book describes important principles for dealing with the damping of structures to aid in the analysis and design of supplemental damping to mitigate seismic effects. It reviews basic issues of structural damping, including the maximum energy dissipation principle, the damping adaptivity of...

   March 2011 | 978-1-4398158-2-3 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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   Urban Flood Management

   By Chris Zevenbergen, Adrian Cashman, Niki Evelpidou, Erik Pasche, Stephen Garvin, Richard Ashley

   Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters. Although they can often be predicted, they cause loss of life, damage and destruction, as many urban communities are located near coasts and rivers. In terms of victims, floods are responsible for more than...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-55944-7 | Paperback (CRC Press)
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   Rock Stress and Earthquakes

   Edited by Furen Xie

   The evaluation of in-situ rock stress is not only important in the exploration and engineering involving rock masses for mining, hydropower, tunneling, oil and gas production, and stone quarrying, but also in the geodynamics and earthquake prediction. The methods of determining these stresses for...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-60165-8 | Hardback (CRC Press)

7. Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

   Edited by Daniel Straub

   Proceedings of the working conference on reliability and optimization of structural systems. Selected contributions on reliability and optimization of structural and infrastructural systems, dealing with probabilistic strength and load modelling, life-cycle reliability, damage accumulation,...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-88179-1 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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   Recursive Streamflow Forecasting: A State Space Approach

   By Jozsef Szilagyi, Andras Szollosi Nagy

   Practical guide to real-time streamflow forecasting that provides a rigorous description of a coupled stochastic and physically-based flow routing method and its practical applications. This method is used in current times of record-breaking floods to forecast flood levels by various Hydrological...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-56901-9 | Paperback (CRC Press)
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   Geotechnical Slope Analysis

   By Robin Chowdhury, Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya

   Freshly updated and extended version of Slope Analysis (Chowdhury, Elsevier, 1978). This reference book gives a complete overview of the developments in slope engineering in the last 30 years. Its multi-disciplinary, critical approach and the chapters devoted to seismic effects and probabilistic...

   January 2010 | 978-0-415-46974-6 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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    Atlas of Remote Sensing of the Wenchuan Earthquake

    Edited by Guo Huadong

    In May 12, 2008, the Wenchuan County earthquake, 8.0 on the Richter Scale, caused devastating loss of human life and property. Applying all the remote sensing technology available, the Chinese Academy of Sciences immediately launched into action, making full use of its state-of-the-art facilities,...

    November 2009 | 978-1-4398167-4-5 | Hardback (CRC Press)