International Building Code

Abstract: The IBC-2000 is similar to the UBC-97, but it contains some significant differences. An important difference is that the IBC-2000 includes a set of maps to obtain seismic response spectral values that will result in the same level of risk at any given geographic location in the United States. This code also introduces the concept of Seismic Use Group, which is somewhat analogous to the Importance Factor in the UBC-97. In addition, the IBC-2000 classifies every building in a Seismic Design Category which determines the analysis procedure to be used, the maximum allowed height and drift limitations.

Abstract: Previous editions of Anil Chopra’s Dynamics of Structures set the standard as textbook of choice for teaching structural dynamics with an eye to earthquake engineering. This third edition has come out nearly eleven years after the first hit the bookshelves, and what a fruitful decade this has been for earthquake engineering (see review of the second edition in Earthquake Spectra 17, 549). Performance-based earthquake engineering, which was in its infancy when the first edition of this book was published, is now entering its second generation. Application of nonlinear dynamics, which was limited to small academic circles and graduate studies, is now center stage for evaluation and design of major structures. Today, hardly any serious evaluation or retrofit of a substantial building is complete without at least considering either static or dynamic nonlinear analyses. The revisions included in the third edition of Dynamics of Structures reflect the changing characteristics of structural dynamics as applied in practice; as such, this book can be useful in teaching future engineers what they need to know to hit the ground running when they graduate. As previous editions did, the book can also serve as a comprehensive reference on the subject for practicing engineers who need to understand old as well as cutting-edge topics of structural dynamics. The major revisions to the book are reflected in Part III, the section that covers earthquake response and design of multistory buildings. In particular, Chapter 19, which deals with earthquake analysis and response of inelastic buildings, has been completely rewritten. In the second edition, this chapter contained only 23 pages; in this edition it has been expanded to 60 pages. Furthermore, the chapter has been divided into two separate parts. The first part covers what has been traditionally referred to as nonlinear time-history analysis, which is recently and more accurately referred to as nonlinear response-history analysis. The second part deals with approximate methods of nonlinear analysis consisting of various pushover analysis techniques, including modal pushover analysis, for which the author has been one of the leading pioneers. Based on structural dynamics theory, the modal pushover analysis procedure is developed and its accuracy evaluated. Chapter 21, which deals with various building code interpretations of structural dynamics principles, has also been significantly revised and enhanced, and now includes explanation and discussion of the relevant provisions of the 2006 International Building Code, 2005 National Building Code of Canada, 2004 Mexico Federal District Code, and 2004 Eurocode 8. New in the third edition, Chapter 22 discusses methods for estimating seismic demands promulgated in performance-based guidelines for evaluat-

Abstract: Created as a comprehensive tool for designing and engineering foundations, the Foundation Engineering Handbook is a complete resource with engineering data, procedures and calculations necessary to comply with international building codes. Divided into four parts, the wide ranging topics include: 1. Geotechnical Engineering featuring Subsurface Exploration, Laboratory Testing and Soil Mechanics; 2. Foundation Design detailing Shallow and Deep Foundations, Bearing Capacity of Foundations, Settlement of Foundations, Consolidation, Foundations on Expansive Soil, Slope Stability, Retaining Walls, Foundation Deterioration and Cracking, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Soils and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Foundations and Retaining Walls; 3. Foundation Construction incorporating Grading and Other Soil Improvement Methods, Foundation Excavation, Underpinning and Field Load Tests, and Geosynthetics and Instrumentation; and 4. International Building Codes including International Building Code Regulations for Soil and International Building Codes Regulations for Foundations.