earthquake engineering

earthquake engineering
The study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading

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  • Earthquake engineering — is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering.The main objectives of earthquake engineering are: * Understand the interaction between buildings or… …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake engineering structures — are designed and constructed to withstand various types of hazardous earthquake exposures at the sites of their particular location.Earthquake engineering is treating its subject structures like defensive fortifications in military engineering… …   Wikipedia

  • National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering — NCREE Type: Non Profit Organisation Established: 1980 Director: Tsai, Keh Chyuan (蔡克銓) Faculty: 100 Address: No.200, Section 3, Xinhai Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan …   Wikipedia

  • Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation — The 32 ton triaxial T Rex shaker of NEES at the University of Texas The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) was created by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve infrastructure design and… …   Wikipedia

  • Engineering geology — is the application of the geologic sciences to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately… …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake performance evaluation — of structures at earthquake exposure is a basic issue of earthquake engineering and seismic performance analysis [http://www.ecs.csun.edu/ shustov/Hot Topics.htm] . Engineers need to know the quantified level of an actual or anticipated seismic… …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake loss — estimation is usually performed in terms of a Damage Ratio (DR) which is a ratio of the earthquake damage dollar amount to total value of a buildingcite book|title= Financial Management of Earthquake Risk|author=EERI Endowment… …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake — For other uses, see Earthquake (disambiguation). Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake shaking table — There are several different experimental techniques that can be used to test the response of structures to verify their seismic performance, one of which is the use of an earthquake shaking table. This is a device for shaking structural models or …   Wikipedia

  • Earthquake Protector — Heavy damping mechanism sometimes incorporated in vibration control technologies and, particularly, in base isolation devices may be considered a valuable source of suppressing vibrations thus enhancing a building s seismic performance. However,… …   Wikipedia

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