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- Seismic Analysis & Design Of Brigdes & Buildings In Earthqua
Earthquake engineering is the scientific field concerned with protecting society, the natural and the man-made environment from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to socio-economically acceptable levels. Traditionally, it has been narrowly defined as the study of the behaviour of structures and geo-structures subject to seismic loading, thus considered as a subset of both structural and geotechnical engineering. However, the tremendous costs experienced in recent earthquakes have led to an expansion of its scope to encompass disciplines from the wider field of civil engineering and from the social sciences, especially sociology, political sciences, economics and finance. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer push the sides of the fault together. Stress builds up and the rock slips suddenly, releasing energy in waves that travel through the earth’s crust and cause the shaking that we feel during an earthquake. An earthquake occurs when plates grind and scrape against each other. In other parts, strain can build up for hundreds of years, producing great earthquakes when it finally releases. Large and small earthquakes can also occur on faults not previously recognized, which are discussing in the book in details.
AUTOR: Smith, Gevins
EDITORA: Auris Reference
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