About the Book: Basic Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake engineering or seismic engineering is the scientific field concerned
with protecting society, the natural environment, and the man-made environment
from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to socio-economically acceptable
levels. Earthquake Engineering can be defined as the branch of engineering
devoted to mitigating earthquake hazards. In this broad sense, earthquake
engineering covers the investigation and solution of the problems created by
damaging earthquakes, and consequently the work involved in the practical
application of these solutions, i.e. in planning, designing, constructing and
managing earthquake-resistant structures and facilities. The main objectives of
earthquake engineering are to predict the potential consequences of strong
earthquakes on