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RR 2016/194 Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering Edited by Michael Beer and others Springer Berlin 2014 ISBN 978 3 642 35344 4 URL: www.springer.com/gb/book/9783642353437 Last visited March 2016£2,052 $2,200Also available as a 4 vol. print set (ISBN 978 3 642 35343 7 £1,710 $2,200) and as a print and online bundle (ISBN 978 3 642 35345 1 £2,119.50 $3,300)
Living where earthquakes happen, one learns to look for safe doorways, sturdy desks and at the structures that are around them. What is not often thought of is the engineering behind the structures. This encyclopedia looks at structural engineering as it relates to earthquakes and seismic activity from modern world applications to modeling and analysis of natural and ancient structures.
With depth and clarity in explanation, most entries are thorough, yet at...