Author(s): Amarnath Chakrabarti, Devdas Menon, Amlan K. Sengupta

(for Central Public Works Department, Indian Building Congress & Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

Published in India by Narosa Publishers and Internationally by Alpha Science, 2008

Chapter-wise Contents

PREFACE I

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V

BROCHURE FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION VI

0 MAKING BUILDINGS SAFE AGAINST EARTHQUAKE 0.1 - 0.53

1 INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY 1.1 - 1.32

2 INTRODUCTION TO SEISMIC ANALYSIS AN DESIGN 2.1 - 2.19

3 RAPID VISUAL SCREENING, DATA COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION 3.1 - 3.33

4 CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS 4.1 - 4.27

5 RETROFIT OF NON-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS 5.1 - 5.31

6 RETROFIT OF MASONRY BUILDINGS 6.1 - 6.24

7 RETROFIT OF HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE STRUCTURES 7.1 - 7.20

8 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC RETROFIT 8.1 - 8.27

9 RETROFIT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS 9.1 - 9.33

10 RETROFIT OF STEEL BUILDINGS 10.1 - 10.23

11 MITIGATION GEOTECHNICAL SEISMIC HAZARDS 11.1 - 11.22

12 RETROFIT OF FOUNDATIONS 12.1 - 12.24

13 RETROFIT USING FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES 13.1 - 13.16

14 BASE ISOLATION AND ENERGY DISSIPATION 14.1 - 14.14

15 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL 15.1 - 15.11

16 RETROFIT CASE STUDIES 16.1 - 16.46

Index