Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings /
This book will appeal to specialist engineers with enquiring minds and, in a broader sense, to all who live in buildings, especially those in a seismically active region. While the continual development of building codes permits the design of new construction to resist earthquake loads more effectiv...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2003.
|
| Series: | NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Proceedings of the NATO Science for Peace Workshop on Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings Izmir, Turkey 13-14 May 2003>, ;
29. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book will appeal to specialist engineers with enquiring minds and, in a broader sense, to all who live in buildings, especially those in a seismically active region. While the continual development of building codes permits the design of new construction to resist earthquake loads more effectively, a major problem is that buildings which may once have conformed to past seismic codes become structurally unacceptable according to today's codes and need upgrading or 'retrofitting'. Poor construction methods also result in buildings that do not conform to any codes. Existing 'vulnerable' buildings that require strengthening in earthquake-prone countries immensely outnumber all recent construction. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (564 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401000215 (electronic bk.) 9401000212 (electronic bk.) |