Seismic loading

Seismic loading is one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering which means application of an earthquake-generated agitation to a structure. It happens at contact surfaces of a structure either with the ground, or with adjacent structures, or with gravity waves from tsunami.

Seismic loading depends, primarily, on:

Anticipated earthquake's parameters at the site – known as seismic hazard
Geotechnical parameters of the site
Structure's parameters
Characteristics of the anticipated gravity waves from tsunami (if applicable).

Sometimes, seismic load exceeds ability of a structure to resist it without being broken, partially or completely Due to their mutual interaction, seismic loading and seismic performance of a structure are intimately related.

References

↑ Hudson, Donald E. (1990) [1979]. Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms. Engineering monographs on earthquake criteria, structural design, and strong motion records. Vol. 1. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. ISBN 0-685-14388-0.
↑ The Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Portal
↑ Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures
↑ Reitherman, Robert (2012). Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History. Reston, VA: ASCE Press. ISBN 9780784410714. Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

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[ReadingStrongMotion-1] Hudson, Donald E. (1990) [1979]. Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms. Engineering monographs on earthquake criteria, structural design, and strong motion records. Vol. 1. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. ISBN 0-685-14388-0.

[2] The Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Portal

[3] Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures

[4] Reitherman, Robert (2012). Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History. Reston, VA: ASCE Press. ISBN 9780784410714. Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

Seismic loading

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