结构抗震英语纲要

CHAPTER 1  EARTHQUAKES AND GROUND MOTION
Main contents: causes of earthquakes; types of earthquakes; earthquake faults; some terms and definitions; seismic waves; seismic record and its characterestics with design application; earthquake magnitude and intensity; seismic activity around the world, especially in Asia Pacific region; earthquake damage mechanisms; fortification intensity for seismic design, fortification levels; seismic design principle in Chinese design code, three-level fortification with two-phase of design procedure

CHAPTER 2 SITE, SUBSOIL AND FOUNDATION
Main contents: site; selection of construction site; construction site categories; select of a foundation system; seismic checking for subsoil and foundation; cause and damage of soil liquefaction; discrimination of the liquefaction potential; mitigation of liquefaction hazard

CHAPTER 3 DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF STRUCTURE
Main contents: dynamic equilibrium; single-degree-of-freedom system; response to basic dynamic loading; earthquake response of elastic structures; calculation of horizontal seismic action in the base shear method; calculation of vertical seismic action; generalized-coordinate approach; displacement functions and generalized properties; Rayleigh’s method; earthquake response of elastic structures; response of nonlinear SDOF systems; multiple-degree-of-freedom systems; mass and stiffness properies; mode shape and frequencies; equations of motion in normal coordinates; earthquake response analysis; response-spectrum analysis; modal combinations; nonlinear response of MDOF systems; static nonlinear analysis

CHAPTER 4? SEISMIC CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
Main contents: configuration characteristics and their effects; definition of configuration; origins and determinants of configuration; configuration influents on seismic performance; configuration regularities and irregularities; plan configuration; vertical configuration; additional requriements for the analysis of irregular configurations; seismic joints; essentials of structural systems for seismic resistance; selection of materials and types of construction; general requirements on seismic structural system; failure mode; design of nonstructural components; dynamic forces applied to nonstructural components; effects of nonstructural components on structural system; simplified seismic analytic method to consider the interaction effects; design considerations for nonstructural components;

CHAPTER 5 SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
Main contents: earthquake damage in reinforce concrete buildings; structural system and seismic grading for sturctures; selection of structural systems and conceptual design; building configuration; seismic grading for reinforced concrete structures; seismic design of reinforced concrete frames; seismic analysis; elastic analysis for lateral forces; analysis for vertical force; load combinations and degisn of members; design of beams; design of columns; design of beam-column joints; lateral deflection evaluation; seismic design of reinforced-concrete structural walls; structural wall system; structural analysis; seismic design of structural walls; dual system; basic assumption and analytical models; internal forces of walls and frame columns; detailing; seismic design example


CHAPTER 6 SEISMIC DESIGN OF MULTI-STORY MASONRY BUILDINGS AND MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS
WITH FRAMED FIRST ONE/TWO STORIES OR INNER FRAMES
Main contents: design criteria; principle for the distribution of horizontal seismic actions; essentials in calculation of multi-srory masonry building; essentials in calculation of multi-story masonry building with framed first one/two stories; multi-story buildings with inner frames of multi-row columns; dimensional limitations; constructional measures


CHAPTER 7 SEISMIC DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES OF BUILDINGS
Main contents: design of steel frames for middle and high rise buildings; structural systems of middle and high rise buildings; requirement for arrangement of steel structural systems; computation of earthquake action; seismic check for member and section capacity; detailing requirements for seismic design of members; seismic check and detailing requirements of joints and connection; design of steel structures of one storey factories;

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