What are the tasks of such sections?
2006-07-25 01:53:39 · 3 answers · asked by vanya 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Earthquake Engineering is a very interesting part of structural engineerings.
If a load is applied to somthing Like a person standing on a floor, there is an associated acceleration as per newton's second Law
F=m*a. However with most gravity loads, things that act downward this acceleration is neglected and the loads are assumed to act statically rather than dynamically
In an earthquake this is not the case because the ground is causing the entire building to accelerate. An earthquake engineer must evaluate the forces on a building from this earthshaking, in order to do that he/she must preform a dynamic analysis. Dynqamic analysis will determine the deflections that will occur in a building due to the ground motion and then compute an equivalent force that would ahve other wise caused this deflection.
This task, especially for multistory buildings can only be done using finite element computer software due to the numerous degrees of freedome in a large building.
2006-07-25 04:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about designing and building structures that will resist collapsing when subjected to an earthquake.
It's also about inventing technology for such structures---such as energy-absorbing shock modules to support an entire building.
2006-07-25 08:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its how t o design buildings against earth quakes
so u need to understand how earthquakes happens and how soil type reacts with earthquakes
2006-07-25 10:10:16 · answer #3 · answered by koki83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋