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Eathquake Engineering

This document provides a review of the textbook "Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering" by N.M. Newmark and E. Rosenblueth. The reviewer summarizes that the textbook comprehensively covers earthquake engineering principles as an integrated subject. It is divided into three parts that cover dynamics, earthquake motions and structural effects, and design of earthquake resistant structures. The reviewer concludes that the textbook fills an important gap as the only comparable single source of earthquake engineering fundamentals, and will be indispensable for engineers practicing seismic resistant design.

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Eathquake Engineering

This document provides a review of the textbook "Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering" by N.M. Newmark and E. Rosenblueth. The reviewer summarizes that the textbook comprehensively covers earthquake engineering principles as an integrated subject. It is divided into three parts that cover dynamics, earthquake motions and structural effects, and design of earthquake resistant structures. The reviewer concludes that the textbook fills an important gap as the only comparable single source of earthquake engineering fundamentals, and will be indispensable for engineers practicing seismic resistant design.

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36

BOOK

REVIEW

FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING


by

N. M .

Newmark

(Prentice

Hall,

T h o s e f a m i l i a r w i t h N e w m a r k s and Rosenb l u e th s v e r y c o n s i d e r a b l e c o n t r i b u t i o n to
earthquake engineering looked forward with great
i n t e r e st to thi s f i r s t c o m p r e h e n s i v e text b o o k
d e a l i n g w i t h the s u b j e c t as an i n t e g r a t e d
whole.
R e a d e r s c a n n o t be o t h e r t h a n i m p r e s s e d
b y the s k i l l a n d c a r e d e v o t e d to the c o m p l e t e ,
u n i f i e d a n d t o p i c a l t r e a t m e n t of e a r t h q u a k e
engineering principles.
1

P a r t I is d e v o t e d to d y n a m i c s .
Chapters
on Simple Linear Systems, Linear Systems with
S e v e r a l D e g r e e s of Freedom, Linear S y s t e m s
with Distributed Mass, Numerical Computation
a n d N o n - l i n e a r S y s t e m s p r e c e d e one on
Hydrodynamics.
E a c h p r e sent s t h e f u n d a m e n t a l
c o n c e p t s a n d m a t h e m a t i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t in a
r e a d i l y f o l l o w e d f o r m , but w i t h b o t h t h e
e m p h a s i s and t h e e x a m p l e s o r i e n t a t e d to
earthquake engineering applications.
Part I
includes illustrative problems and their
s o l u t i o n s at t h e e n d of e a c h c h a p t e r .
The
c o n t e n t a n d f o r m of t h i s sect ion of t h e b o o k
m a k e it e x t r e m e l y v a l u a b l e a s a r e c o m m e n d e d
text for a civil engineering d y n a m i c s course
at s e n i o r u n d e r g r a d u a t e or g r a d u a t e l e v e l .
P a r t II c o n t a i n s c h a p t e r s d e v o t e d to
earthquake m o t i o n s , dynamic structural effects
a n d the c o n c e p t s e s s e n t i a l to the d e s i g n of
earthquake resistant structures.
C h a p t e r s on
Earthquake Characteristies, Seismicity,
P r o b a b i l i t y D i s t r i b u t i o n s of R e s p o n s e S p e c t r a
O r d i n a t e s a n d R e s p o n s e s of L i n e a r a n d N o n linear Systems are included.
A particularly
g o o d s e c t i o n on t h e b e h a v i o u r of M a t e r i a l s
(including Soils) and Structural Components
u n d e r E a r t h q u a k e L o a d i n g leads into Part III
o f the b o o k c o v e r i n g D e s i g n ,
In thi s f i n a l p o r t i o n b o t h b a s i c c o n c e p t s
a n d p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s of e a r t h q u a k e
resistant d e s i g n are presented.
Codes are
e x a m i n e d a n a de s i g n d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g i s d i s cussed.
In a d d i t i o n to the m o r e u s u a l
b u i l d i n g s t r u c t u r e s , r e f e r e n c e i s m a d e to
Towers, Stacks, Bridges, Retaining Structures,
T u n n e l s and P i p e s .
A c o m p r e h e n s i v e r e f e r e n c e 1i st is
i n c l u d e d in a d d i t i o n to a p p e n d i c e s c o v e r i n g
the c a l c u l a t i o n of d y n a m i c p a r a m e t e r s from
n a t u r a l m o d e s o f v i b r a t i o n a n d d e t a i l s of t h e
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.
T h e r e v i e w e r k n o w s of no o t h e r c o m p a r a b l e
s i n g l e s o u r c e of e a r t h q u a k e e n g i n e e r i n g
fundamentals.
C o n s e q u e n t l y thi s b o o k i s
l i k e l y to be r e c o m m e n d e d r e a d i n g f o r a l l
e a r t h q u a k e e n g i n e e r i n g cour se s.
Its
p r o d u c t i o n i s c o n si s t e n t w i t h the h i g h
s t a n d a r d of t o p r a n k e d N o r t h A m e r i c a n
technical publi shers.
Newmark and R o s e n b l u e t h * s

and

Rosenblueth

1 9 7 1 , 6^0

Pages)

text is l i k e l y to r e t a i l in N e w Z e a l a n d at
around $30.00.
E v e n at t h i s p r i c e it w i l 1
be f o u n d i n d i s p e n s a b l e by a l l p r a c t i s i n g
e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e s e r i o u s l y e n g a g e d in
sei s m i c re si s t a n t de s i g n .
T h e a u t h o r s a r e to b e c o n g r a t u l a t e d in
f i 1 1 i n g a g a p in t h e t e c h n i c a l l i t e r a t u r e w i t h
s u c h an a u t h o r i t a t i v e , ye t r e a d a b l e , t e x t .

R.

Shepherd

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