Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings The worst case approach /

• Main Authors: Takewaki, Izuru (Author), Moustafa, Abbas (Author), Fujita, Kohei (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Building construction.; Building Construction.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Civil Engineering.; Building Physics, HVAC.

Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances....