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Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History is the first comprehensive treatment of the engineering techniques devised around the world to address seismic problems. Beginning in ancient times, threading through the Renaissance, and continuing into the latter half of the 20th century, Reitherman traces the evolution of humankind<\/p>\n

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1<\/td>\nCover <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nContents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAcknowledgments <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nIntroduction
The Definition of \u201cEarthquake Engineering\u201d\u009d <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nEngineers and Scientists <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nEarthquake Engineering and Earthquake-Resistant Construction
Scope <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nWhy This Book? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n1 Approaches to Earthquake Engineering History
Earthquake Engineering Lore Can Be Fascinating, yet Factual <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nThe Value of Thinking
Adding Breadth to Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nCredit Where Credit Is Due <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nHistory as a Way of Thinking about the Future
Past Ideas and Developments May Still Be Useful Today <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nChronology Vis-\u00c3\u00a0-Vis History <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nHistory as a Sieve <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nPotential Sources of Bias <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nWhy the Emphasis on the Early Years? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nThe End of Earthquake Engineering History? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n2 The Complexities of Earthquake Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nSimilarities and Differences with Other Engineering Disciplines <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nRisk <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nInelasticity and Nonlinear Behavior <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nDynamics <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n3 Ancient Understanding and Misunderstanding <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nMythological Beliefs: Supernatural Explanations for a Natural Phenomenon <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nChina <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nIndia <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nJapan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nAfrica
New Zealand <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nGreece <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nMiddle East <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nFiji
Mexico
North American Indians <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\nLimited Accomplishments from Ancient Times <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\n4 Beginnings of the Modern Scientific Approach: Renaissance to 1850
The Development of Geology as a Science <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\nGalileo, Newton, Hooke: The Beginnings of Physics and Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nEarthquake-Resistant Construction Traditions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\nCivil Engineering Development as a Prerequisite to Earthquake Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\n5 The First Seismologists and Earthquake Engineers: The Nineteenth Century <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nRobert Mallet, the First Earthquake Engineer <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\nJapan in the Meiji Period <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\nThe University of Tokyo <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\nJohn Milne: The Foremost Early Seismologist <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/td>\nAyrton, Perry, Ewing, Knott, Gray, and Mendenhall <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\nDevelopment of Seismology Outside of Japan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\nIntensity, an Early Tool of Seismologists and Engineers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\nUnderstanding Faults and the Generation of Earthquakes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\nSteel and Reinforced Concrete Join the Traditional Construction Materials <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/td>\nMoment-Resisting Frames, Braced Frames, Walls, and Diaphragms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
168<\/td>\nConstruction Vocabulary in Place, but Lacking Syntax <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/td>\nThe Lack of Quantitative Measures of Seismic Loads <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
170<\/td>\nStatic Analysis of a Dynamic Phenomenon <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
171<\/td>\nThe Many Unsolved Problems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n6 1900\u20131940: Poised for Further Development but Lacking Essential Analytical Tools <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/td>\nEarthquake Engineering in Japan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
191<\/td>\nDeveloping \u201cSurficial\u201d\u009d Seismology <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194<\/td>\nResearch and Practice Initiatives after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
204<\/td>\nThe 1908 Messina\u2013Reggio Earthquake <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
211<\/td>\n1910 Cartago, Costa Rica, Earthquake: An Early Recognition of the Vulnerability of Unreinforced Masonry <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
212<\/td>\nThe 1923 Kanto, Japan, Earthquake: The First Test of Seismically Analyzed and Designed Buildings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
220<\/td>\nSeismologists Develop the First Estimates of Future Earthquakes: Where, How Big, and How Often <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
222<\/td>\nMagnitude Becomes a Useful Tool for Seismologists and Engineers Alike <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
231<\/td>\nEarthquakes of the 1930s Bring Codes to India, Pakistan, New Zealand, the United States, Chile, and Turkey <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
243<\/td>\nSoil Engineering Develops <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
244<\/td>\nMeasurements of Ground Shaking and Attempts by Engineers to Analyze Those Measurements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
249<\/td>\nAssessing the State of Practice in 1940 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
256<\/td>\n7 1940\u20131960: Major Advances in Understanding and Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
259<\/td>\nLaboratory and Field Instrumentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
265<\/td>\nLaboratory Testing Apparatus <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
271<\/td>\nAeronautics, Atomic and Other Bombs, World War II, and the Cold War <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
277<\/td>\nTsunamis Become a Recognized Research and Risk Reduction Topic <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
281<\/td>\nDynamics Comes to Soils and Foundation Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
287<\/td>\nHow Severely Can the Ground Shake? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
288<\/td>\nDuctility Becomes a Prime Goal to Achieve Deformation Capacity, Rather Than Strength Capacity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
294<\/td>\nThe Duet of Ground Motion and Structural Response <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
295<\/td>\nThe Longevity of the Response Spectrum and Equivalent Lateral Force Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
307<\/td>\nThe First World Conference on Earthquake Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
309<\/td>\nThe Internationalization of the Field <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
315<\/td>\nA Breakthrough in the Earth Sciences: Plate Tectonics Theory <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
320<\/td>\n8 1960\u20132000: Computers, Instruments, and Apparatus Provide Needed Analysis and Design Tools <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
324<\/td>\nComputers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
328<\/td>\nComputer Software Development <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
342<\/td>\nThe Internet
Instruments for Measuring the Behavior and Properties of the Ground and Structures <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
345<\/td>\nSimulation of Earthquakes with Shake Tables, Reaction Walls, Forced Vibration, Centrifuges, and Other Apparatus <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
358<\/td>\n9 1960\u20132000: The Construction Industry Introduces New Innovations and Challenges <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
359<\/td>\nNew Structural Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
373<\/td>\nThe Capacity Design Method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
378<\/td>\nCapacity Spectrum, Pushover, and Displacement-Based Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
382<\/td>\nImprovements in Ductility <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
391<\/td>\nSeismic Isolation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
402<\/td>\nDamping Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
404<\/td>\nActive Control
Architectural Trends Challenge the Engineers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
424<\/td>\n10 1960\u20132000: Universities and Research Institutes Provide the Well-Educated Experts for a Growing Field
The First Earthquake Engineering Professors Teach Themselves a New Subject <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
428<\/td>\nJapan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
430<\/td>\nUnited States <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
444<\/td>\nItaly <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
445<\/td>\nTurkey <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
448<\/td>\nIndia <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
451<\/td>\nNew Zealand <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
452<\/td>\nChina <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
458<\/td>\nChile <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
459<\/td>\nCanada <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
460<\/td>\nThe Technology of Teaching <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
464<\/td>\nSocial Scientists Study Earthquakes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
468<\/td>\n11 1960\u20132000: Special Design Problems Provide Continuing Motivation for Innovation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
470<\/td>\nTall Buildings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
484<\/td>\nHospitals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
491<\/td>\nNonstructural Components Become More Extensive and More Damageable <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
501<\/td>\nRetrofitting to Reduce Existing Risks <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
510<\/td>\nInfrastructure Receives Specialized Attention <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
548<\/td>\n12 1960\u20132000: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Enters Its Growth Phase <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
549<\/td>\nLiquefaction, Surface Fault Rupture, Landslides <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
562<\/td>\nEffects of Soil on Shaking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
564<\/td>\nSeismic Zonation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
567<\/td>\nSigns of a Maturing Discipline <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
568<\/td>\n13 1960\u20132000: Probabilistic Approaches <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
570<\/td>\nEarthquake Loss Estimation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
576<\/td>\nAverage Loss, Damage Probability Matrices, and Fragility Curves <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
579<\/td>\nProbabilistic Approaches to Ground-Motion Mapping <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
582<\/td>\nProbabilistic Definitions of Safety <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
590<\/td>\n14 1960\u20132000: Increasing Funding, Regulations, and Public Expectations Provide Support for a Maturing Field <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
591<\/td>\nRising Expectations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
595<\/td>\nMitigation of Risk Versus Elimination of Risk <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
596<\/td>\nThe Spread of Earthquake Construction Regulations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
618<\/td>\nDisasters Continue to Be the Major Motivators
Earthquake Engineering Is Freely Imported and Exported <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
621<\/td>\nGrowth in the Literature <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
623<\/td>\nSolving Problems Versus Identifying Problems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
624<\/td>\nA Global Attitude Toward Earthquake Risk <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
625<\/td>\nAll the Eggs in One Basket <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
629<\/td>\nIn Search of the Seismic Plimsoll Mark <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
634<\/td>\nFrom Empiricism to Theory <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
638<\/td>\nEpilogue: The Future of Earthquake Engineering History
Disciplinary Backgrounds of Historical Investigators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
641<\/td>\nOral Histories <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
642<\/td>\nManuscripts, Documents, and Images <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
643<\/td>\nCollections of Artifacts: Construction Samples, Laboratory Apparatus and Specimens, and Instruments
Museums of Earthquake Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
644<\/td>\nUnanswered Questions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
648<\/td>\nConclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
650<\/td>\nAppendix: Earthquake Engineering History as Delineated by Significant Earthquakes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
706<\/td>\nReferences <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
742<\/td>\nIndex
A <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
743<\/td>\nB <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
744<\/td>\nC <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
746<\/td>\nD
E <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
749<\/td>\nF
G <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
750<\/td>\nH <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
751<\/td>\nI <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
752<\/td>\nJ
K <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
753<\/td>\nL
M <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
754<\/td>\nN <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
756<\/td>\nO
P <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
757<\/td>\nQ
R <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
758<\/td>\nS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
760<\/td>\nT <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
761<\/td>\nU <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
762<\/td>\nV
W <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
763<\/td>\nX
Y
Z <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
764<\/td>\nAbout the Author <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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