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The book, in impeccable English, along with the virtual material, is something to behold. ‘ Intense ’ is my short description of this book and accompanying material, crafted for careful study by the student, so much so that the instructor is going to have to be reasonably up – to – date in the fi eld in order to use it comfortably. The writer would have loved to have had a book like this when he was teaching Earthquake Engineering.
The text has four main chapters and two appendices. The four main chapters centre on (a) Earthquake Characteristics, (b) Response of Structures, (c) Earthquake Input Motions and (d) Response Evaluation, with two valuable appendices dealing with Structural Configurations and Systems for Effective Earthquake Resistance, and Damage to Structures. The presentation, based on stiffness, strength and ductility concepts, comprises a new and powerful way of visualizing many aspects of the inelastic behavior that occurs in structures subjected to earthquake excitation.
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