Chapter 1  Fundamental Knowledge of Earthquakes and Ground Motions
  1.1  Earthquakes
  1.2  Seismic waves
  1.3  Earthquake magnitude and intensity
  1.4  Earthquake characteristics and hazards in China
  1.5  Seismic protection for engineering structures
Chapter 2  Site, Subsoil and Foundation
  2.1  Introduction
  2.2  Site
  2.3  Seismic subsoil and foundation check
  2.4  Soil liquefaction
Chapter 3  Structural Seismic Response of Single-Degree-of-Freedom and
  Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
  3.1  Free vibration of SDOF systems
  3.2  Forced vibration of SDOF systems under an arbitrary load
  3.3  Numerical computation for the seismic response of SIX)F systems
  3.4  Seismic design response spectrum
  3.5  Nonlinear seismic response and calculation of SDOF systems
  3.6  Free vibration of multi-degree-of-freedom systems
  3.7  Mode Superposition method for MDOF systems
  3.8  Horizontal seismic effect and response of MDOF systems
  3.9  Earthquake response history analysis for MDOF systems
Chapter 4  Seismic Action and the Basic Principles of Seismic Design for
  Building Structures
  4.1  Building classification and seismic fortification
  4.2  Seismic conceptual design
  4.3  Calculation methodology of seismic action
  4.4  Seismic check
Chapter 5  Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
  5.1  Introduction
  5.2  Seismic damage and analysis of Reinforced Concrete buildings
  5.3  Structural systems and seismic grading
  5.4  Seismic design of reinforced concrete frames
Chapter 6  Seismic Design of Masonry Building Structures
  6.1  Introduction
  6.2  Design criteria
  6.3  Basic seismic design for multi-story masonry buildings
  6.4  Basic seismic design of a multi-story masonry building with a frame
  system for the ground floor
  6.5  Dimensional limitation
  6.6  Construction measures
Chapter 7  Seismic Design of Steel Building Structures
  7.1  Introduction
  7.2  Seismic design of multi-story and high-rise steel structure buildings
  7.3  Seismic design of a single-story steel factory
  7.4  An example of seismic design
Chapter 8  Seismic Design of Non-structural Elements
  8.1  Introduction
  8.2  Basic requirements in seismic calculation
  8.3  Seismic measures of architectural non-structural elements
  8.4  Seismic measures for mechanical and electrical equipment
  support
  8.5  Simplified seismic analysis method
Chapter 9  Introduction to Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation for Building
  Structures
  9.1  Introduction
  9.2  Base isolation for building structures
  9.3  Seismic energy dissipation for building structures
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