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Author Melkumyan, Mikayel

Title Seismic Isolation Strategies for Earthquake-Resistant Construction : Emerging Opportunities
Published Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- About the Author
Summary Earthquakes are catastrophic events that cause huge economic losses due to the vulnerability of the existing building stock. However, collapses of vulnerable buildings can be avoided if preventative measures, such as enhancement of their earthquake resistance, are implemented on time. This book will allow the reader to become acquainted with a number of unique, modern and cost-effective seismic isolation strategies, which can be easily, and in very short periods of time, and without interruption of the use of the buildings, implemented with high efficiency in existing buildings, making them ea
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Subject Earthquake engineering.
Earthquake engineering.
Dynamics & vibration.
Construction industry.
Earthquake engineering
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781527519428
1527519422