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- Title
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Earthquake Structural Engineering Held at St. Louis, Missouri, on August 19-21, 1976. Volume I.
- File
- PB290534.pdf
- Author(s)
- Cheng, F. Y.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., August 1976, 658 p.
- Abstract
- The 89 papers contained in two volumes constitute the symposium proceedings on earthquake structural engineering. Attention is focused on structural design so as to minimize destructive and killing effects of earthquakes. In Volume I, some of the topics discussed include: (1) the effect of the frequency characteristics of ground motions on nonlinear structural response, seismic retrofitting for highway bridges, and buildings under oscillations; (2) the effect of foundation compliance on the fundamental periods of multi-story buildings, seismic response solutions for soil-foundation-building systems, and gypsum layer in soil-structure systems; (3) dynamic analysis of elastic-plastic space frames, masses supported on a flexible foundation, and dynamic response of retaining walls during earthquakes; (4) dynamic behavior of a reinforced concrete spray tower, earthquake response of guyed towers, and torsional response at large eccentricities; and (5) resizing of frames subjected to ground motion, and problems in establishing and predicting ductility in aseismic design.
- Keywords
- Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Towers; Seismic risk; Structural design; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Meetings; Soil dynamics; Soil structure interactions; Foundations; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis