1st Edition

Siting in Earthquake Zones

By K.T. Law, J.G.Z.Q. Wang Copyright 1994
126 Pages
by CRC Press

125 Pages
by Routledge

Focusing on fundamental concepts, definitions various aspects of siting, this book contains a detailed checklist to help readers conduct a proper siting process to assess the seismic hazards of a given site. The required site investigation techniques are described in detail.

Fundamentals; Major program and methods of siting; Earthquake ground motion; Seismic hazard analysis for a site; Evaluation of seismic parameters; Seismic effect fault and faulting; Seismic liquefaction of soil; Slope stability; Ground waving and its damaging effect.

Biography

K.T. Law (Author) , J.G.Z.Q. Wang (Author)