Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
Author: Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquake resistant design
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
Author: Applied Technology CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquake resistant design
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
Author: Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
Author: Tsunami Loads and Effects
Author: Ian Nicol RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780784414972
Category : Ocean waves
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Author Ian Robertson provides a comprehensive, authoritative guide to the new tsunami design provisions of Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16 using a series of detailed examples based on prototypical buildings.
Tsunami Warning and Preparedness
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309137535
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning capabilities. Since then, the nation has made progress in several related areas on both the federal and state levels. At the federal level, NOAA has improved the ability to detect and forecast tsunamis by expanding the sensor network. Other federal and state activities to increase tsunami safety include: improvements to tsunami hazard and evacuation maps for many coastal communities; vulnerability assessments of some coastal populations in several states; and new efforts to increase public awareness of the hazard and how to respond. Tsunami Warning and Preparedness explores the advances made in tsunami detection and preparedness, and identifies the challenges that still remain. The book describes areas of research and development that would improve tsunami education, preparation, and detection, especially with tsunamis that arrive less than an hour after the triggering event. It asserts that seamless coordination between the two Tsunami Warning Centers and clear communications to local officials and the public could create a timely and effective response to coastal communities facing a pending tsuanami. According to Tsunami Warning and Preparedness, minimizing future losses to the nation from tsunamis requires persistent progress across the broad spectrum of efforts including: risk assessment, public education, government coordination, detection and forecasting, and warning-center operations. The book also suggests designing effective interagency exercises, using professional emergency-management standards to prepare communities, and prioritizing funding based on tsunami risk.
Catalog of FEMA Earthquake Resources
Author: United States. Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher: FEMA
ISBN:
Category : Earthquake resistant design
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Safer, Stronger, Smarter
Author: Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160941306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Tsunami Loads and Effects
Author: Ian N RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781523137671
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Abstract: The devastating tsunamis that struck Chile and Japan in 2010 and 2011 underscored the critical need for new structural design criteria to improve building resilience and safeguard human life. They also provided a wealth of information that could form the basis for estimating tsunami loads and effects and guiding the development of a design methodology. A team of researchers and practitioners took up the challenge, which resulted in the inclusion of provisions for tsunami loads in Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.For many US structural and geotechnical engineers, ASCE 7-16's provisions and commentary will be their first exposure to tsunami design. In this companion guide, author Ian Robertson helps engineers and allied professionals understand the background and development of the new provisions. He guides them through the application of tsunami design with a series of clear and detailed examples based on prototypical buildings. He connects the ASCE 7-16 tsunami provisions to prior design guidelines, laboratory research, and field surveys. In addition, he explains the key concepts in the provisions, including tsunami risk categories; inundation depth and flow velocities; structural design procedures; and hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and debris impact loads. Robertson demonstrates the application of these concepts in numerous examples and a full-length tsunami design of a prototype building. The guide also explains the tsunami provisions for foundation design, structural countermeasures, vertical evacuation refuges, nonstructural components and systems, and critical nonbuilding structures.Tsunami Loads and Effects: Guide to the Tsunami Design Provisions of ASCE 7-16 is a clear and authoritative explanation of the tsunami load requirements that will be welcomed by structural, coastal, and geotechnical engineers, as well as architects, building code officials, contractors, and emergency managers