Overview
This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of basic physics principles and concepts, including inertia, force, shear, energy, acceleration, elasticity, friction and stability.
- | Author: Frederick Thomas
- | Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
- | Publication Date: Oct 26, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 104 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 164327080X
- | ISBN-13: 9781643270807
