Fardis Michael N. Seismic design, assessment and retrofitting of concrete buildings

Springer, 2009. — 743 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4020-9841-3.The goal of the book is to present and explain the state of the art of design or retrofitting concrete buildings for earthquake resistance. To serve this goal, it also covers behaviour of concrete members under cyclic loading and seismic response of concrete buildings, as well as their modeling. Its main focus is the European Design Standard EN1998 – Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance, and in particular its Parts 1 and 3, dealing with seismic design of new buildings and with assessment and retrofitting of existing ones, respectively.
The book is addressed to practitioners of seismic design, assessment and retrofitting, to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in structural earthquake engineering and to researchers with interests in the field of earthquake resistant concrete structures. Certain familiarity of the reader with design of structural concrete and with structural analysis – including seismic analysis and structural dynamics – is presumed.General Principles for the Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance
Conceptual Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance
Concrete Members Under Cyclic Loading
Analysis and Modeling for Seismic Design or Assessment of Concrete Buildings
Detailing and Dimensioning of New Buildings in Eurocode 8
Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Concrete Buildings
Epilogue: Some Ideas for Performance- and Displacement-Based
Seismic Design of New BuildingsColour Plates