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Impressive engineering advances have occurred that can curb the impact of seismic events on residential properties, commercial edifices, architectural heritage, and infrastructure. Written by a university professor with decades of on-site experience,
Construction of Earthquake-Resistant Concrete and Steel Structures offers up-to-date information and technical competence with the aim of supporting an understanding of fundamental concepts for concrete and steel structures, shell elements, and reinforcement detailing. The volume is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and early-career practicing professionals to also learn about construction issues and how to solve practical challenges while ensuring that building codes (ACI, AISC, ANSI, ASCE, RCSC, and many more) and design standards' requirements are upheld.
List of contents
1. Concrete Moment Frames 2. Short Column and Soft Story Phenomena 3. Concrete Slabs 4. Foundations 5. Concrete Shear Walls 6. Construction of Steel Members 7. Fillet Welding 8. Groove Welding 9. Bolted Connections Appendix: Answers to supplementary questions
About the author
Moosa Mazloom is a Full Professor and the Dean of the School of Civil Engineering at Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (Iran). He received his PhD under the joint supervision of Prof. J.J. Brooks from the University of Leeds (UK) and Prof. A.A. Ramezanianpour from the Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran). For 18 years, he has been Director-in-Charge of the Technology of Education Journal, a quarterly open access publication affiliated with Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University that has gained a scientific rank ’A’ from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the 2024 list released by Stanford University, Prof. Mazloom was ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in his field throughout the entirety of his career. With Elsevier, he has already published one other research reference title: Construction of Earthquake-Resistant Concrete and Steel Structures (ISBN: 9780443136634).
