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This book serves the purpose of a comprehensive knowledge bank for the students of Civil Engineering and Diploma on the subject of Earthquake Resistant Building Construction. This book covers all the necessary topics included in the syllabus of various technical education boards like introduction to seismic design performance of buildings under past earthquakes introduction to provisions of IS: 1893:2002 Ductile detailing provisions introduction to IS: 4362 ...
The book consist of nine chapters starting with an over view of steel structures covering brief history and present use of steel structures with properties of structural steel followed by welded and riveted connections design of steel beams design of tension and compression members of a truss design steel columns including built up columns and their basis. Reversal of stresses in the members of truss on account of wind/earthquake loads has been covered in the ...
The book consists of Eight Chapters. Chapter 1 and 2 deal with Analysis and Design of Load Bearing Bricks Masonary Wall and Pillars and their foundations. Chapter 3 deals with Stability and design of Brick Masonry Retaining Walls subjected to different types of earth pressure including surcharge. Chapter 4 deals with requirements of Structural Timber and the Permissible Stresses in different grades of timber. Chapter 5 and 6 deals with analysis and design of ...
The objective of this book is to present in systematic form the design of steel structures based in Latest Indian Standard Codes (IS: 800,875) and the scope of book has been restructured to the topics being taught in B. Architecture course by all the universities in our country. The book consists of eight chapters, an over view of steel strictures covering brief history and present use of steel structures with properties of structural steel, followed by welded, ...
The essence of structure design is to form a system that will direct the forces in certain directions and bring them to ground with the maximum material efficiency and minimum of interior space obstruction. Architectural structure systems of bulk active structures, vector active structure, form active structures, surface active structures, pneumatic structures and high rise structures have been discussed in detail, bringing out their method of supporting external ...