Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures II

Irregular engineering structures are subjected to complicated additional loads which are often beyond conventional design models developed for traditional, simplified plane models. This book covers detailed research and recent progress in seismic engineering dealing with seismic behaviour of irregular and set-back engineering structures. Experimental results as well as special topics of modern design are discussed in detail. In addition, recent progress in seismology, wave propagation and seismic engineering, which provides novel, modern modelling of complex seismic loads, is reported. Particular emphasis is placed on the newly developed rotational, seismic ground-motion effects.

This book is a continuation of an earlier monograph which appeared in the same Springer series in 2013 (http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400753761).

Part I Ground Motion, Rotations and Wave Propagation Effects.- A general procedure for selecting and scaling ground motion records for nonlinear analysis of asymmetric-plan buildings.- Prediction of the “average” peak nonlinear seismic response of asymmetric buildings under bi-directional ground motion acting at an arbitrary angle of incidence.- Evaluation of torsional component of ground motion by different methods using dense array data.- Estimation of rotational ground motion effects on the Bell Tower of Parma Cathedral.-FOSREM - Fibre-Optic System for Rotational Events & Phenomena Monitoring: construction, investigation and area of application.- Application of rotation rate sensors in measuring beam flexure and structural health monitoring.- Asymmetric continuum with shear and rotation strains including quantum synchronous  processes.- Part II Seismic Analysis and Design of Irregular Structures.- Seismic assessment of RC frame buildings.- Torsional index of an asymmetric building based on mode shape.- An approximate method for assessing the seismic response of irregular in elevation asymmetric buildings.- Application of Nonlinear Static Procedures for the Seismic Assessment of a 9-Storey Asymmetric Plan Building.- Seismic assessment of an existing irregular RC building according to Eurocode 8 methods.- The concrete strength variability as source of irregularity for RC existing buildings.- The influence of axial load variation on the seismic performance of RC buildings.- Parametric study of inelastic seismic response of reinforced concrete frame buildings.- Seismic upgrading of vertically irregular existing r.c. frames by BRBs.- Application of nonlinear static method with corrective eccentricities to steel multi-storey braced buildings.- Influence of the interaction yield domain on lateral-torsional coupling of asymmetric single-storey systems.- Improved nonlinear static methods for prediction of the seismic response of