Seismic Design of Buildings

Author: Xue Sude
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book can be used as a textbook for civil engineering majors in higher education institutions, or as a reference for engineering structure design and construction technicians. The book is written according to the "Code for Seismic Design of Buildings" (GB50011-2001) and primarily elaborates on the theory and methods of seismic design for buildings. The book is divided into nine chapters, mainly including: Introduction to Earthquakes and Seismic Design; Building Sites and Foundation; Earthquake Actions and Seismic Design of Structures; Seismic Response Analysis of Inelastic Structures; Seismic Design of Multistorey and High-rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings; Seismic Design of Multistorey and High-rise Steel Structures; Seismic Design of Masonry Structures; Seismic Design of Single-Story Factory Buildings; Seismic Design of Base Isolation and Energy Dissipation Systems. For the convenience of learning, each chapter provides learning objectives, exercises, and discussion questions.