| Description |
x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Parker-Ambrose series of simplified design guides |
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Parker-Ambrose series of simplified design guides.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. General Considerations. 1. Wind Effects on Buildings. 2. Earthquake Effects on Buildings. 3. Resistance of Buildings to Lateral Forces. 4. Building Planning for Lateral Resistance -- Pt. II. Lateral Resistive Elements and Systems. 5. Lateral-Load-Resisting Systems. 6. Elements of Lateral Resistive Systems. 7. Special Problems for Lateral Resistive Systems. 8. Site and Foundation Concerns --Pt. III. Design Examples. 9. Design Process and Methods. 10. Shear Wall Systems. 11. Truss Systems. 12. Moment-Resistive Frames -- Pt. IV. Strengthening of Building Structures. 13. Need for Strengthening. 14. Strengthening of Older Buildings -- Appendix A: Dynamic Effects -- Appendix B: Excerpts from the 1994 UBC -- Appendix C: Data for Masonry Structures --Appendix D: Weight of Building Construction |
| Analysis |
Buildings Effects of Earthquakes |
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Buildings Effects of Winds |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience Publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and indexes |
| Subject |
Earthquake resistant design.
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Wind resistant design.
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| Author |
Vergun, Dimitry, 1933-
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| LC no. |
94030569 |
| ISBN |
0471192112 (paper) |
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0471309583 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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