Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology : Contributions in Honour of Jai Krishna

This edited volume is an up-to-date guide for students, policy makers and engineers on earthquake engineering, including methods and technologies for seismic hazard detection and mitigation. The book was written in honour of the late Professor Jai Krishna, who was a pioneer in teaching and research in the field of earthquake engineering in India during his decades-long work at the University of Roorkee (now the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee). The book comprehensively covers the historical development of earthquake engineering in India, and uses this background knowledge to address the need for current advances in earthquake engineering, especially in developing countries. After discussing the history and growth of earthquake engineering in India from the past 50 years, the book addresses the present status of earthquake engineering in regards to the seismic resistant designs of bridges, buildings, railways, and other infrastructures. Specific topics include response spectrum superposition methods, design philosophy, system identification approaches, retaining walls, and shallow foundations. Readers will learn about developments in earthquake engineering over the past 50 years, and how new methods and technologies can be applied towards seismic risk and hazard identification and mitigation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xl Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Engineering Seismology (M. L. Sharma)....Pages 3-18 Instrumentation Seismology in India (Atindra Kumar Shukla, Ravi Kant Singh, Rajesh Prakash)....Pages 19-33 Strong-Motion Instrumentation: Current Status and Future Scenario (Ashok Kumar, Himanshu Mittal)....Pages 35-54 Regression Relations for Magnitude Conversion for the Indian Region (H. R. Wason, Ranjit Das, M. L. Sharma)....Pages 55-66 Tsunami Hazards and Aspects on Design Loads (S. A. Sannasiraj)....Pages 67-91 Front Matter ....Pages 93-93 Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in Recent Years: 2012 (Shamsher Prakash, Vijay K. Puri)....Pages 95-136 Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls and Shallow Foundations (Swami Saran, Hasan Rangwala, S. Mukerjee)....Pages 137-172 Engineering of Ground for Liquefaction Mitigation (A. Murali Krishna, M. R. Madhav)....Pages 173-201 Recent Advances in Soil Dynamics Relevant to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (T. G. Sitharam, K. S. Vipin, Naveen James)....Pages 203-228 Front Matter ....Pages 229-229 Historical Development and Present Status of Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges (Mahesh Tandon)....Pages 231-242 Developments in Earthquake Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings (S. K. Thakkar)....Pages 243-258 Earthquake Resistant Design of Masonry Buildings (Anand Swarup Arya)....Pages 259-271 Seismic Design Philosophy: From Force-Based to Displacement-Based Design (Devdas Menon, A. Meher Prasad, Jiji Anna Varughese)....Pages 273-289 Evolution of Earthquake Resistant Design Code - A Template for Future (Ashok K. Jain)....Pages 291-316 Dynamic Parameter Characterization for Railway Bridges Using System Identification (Pradipta Banerji, Sanjay Chikermane)....Pages 317-333 An Overview of Response Spectrum Superposition Methods for MDOF Structures (I. D. Gupta)....Pages 335-364 Front Matter ....Pages 365-365 Disaster Risk Reduction for Buildings (Anand S. Arya)....Pages 367-381 Recent Trends in Disaster Mitigation and Management: Vulnerability Atlas of India (Shailesh Kr. Agrawal, Dalip Kumar)....Pages 383-410 Socioeconomic Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction in Local Buildings (Rajendra Desai)....Pages 411-420 Back Matter ....Pages 421-431