New Publications: Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Mitigation
de Neufville, R. & Scholtes, S. (2011). Flexibility in engineering design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 978-0-262-01623-0. 293 pages. $35.00. Available from: MIT Press, c/o Triliteral, 100 Maple Ridge Drive, Cumberland, RI 02864 (tel: 800-405-1619; fax: 800-406-9145; Email: mitpress-orders@mit.edu;Web site: http://mitpress.mit.edu/).
Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools.
Escuder-Bueno, I., Matheu, E., Altarejos-Garcia, L., & Castillo-Rodriguez, J.T. (Eds.). (2012). Risk analysis, dam safety, dam security and critical infrastructure management: Proceedings of the 3rd International Forum on Risk Analysis, Dam Safety, Dam Security and Critical Infrastructure Management (3IWRDD-FORUM), Valencia, Spain, 17-18 October 2011. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 978-0-415-62078-9. 395 pages. $199.00. Available from: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Attn: Order Entry, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487 (tel: 800-272-7737; fax: 800-374-3401; Email: orders@crcpress.com;Web site: http://www.crcpress.com).
This monograph offers the state of the art on risk analysis, representing a primary tool for achieving effective management of critical infrastructures along with a suitable framework for the development of risk management models regarding natural, technological and human-induced hazards. The monograph consists of papers delivered at the 3rd International Forum on Risk Analysis, Dam Safety, Dam Security and Critical Infrastructure Management (3IWRDD-FORUM) that was held in Valencia, Spain on October 17-18, 2011. The monograph is divided into four parts: critical infrastructure management, risk analysis, dam safety, dam security.
Goldstein, B.E. (Ed.). (2011). Collaborative resilience: moving through crisis to opportunity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 978-0-262-51645-7. 405 pages. $54.00. Available from: MIT Press, c/o Triliteral, 100 Maple Ridge Drive, Cumberland, RI 02864 (tel: 800-405-1619; fax: 800-406-9145; Email: mitpress-orders@mit.edu;Web site: http://mitpress.mit.edu/).
This book examines a range of efforts to enhance resilience through collaboration, describing communities that have survived and even thrived by building trust and interdependence. These collaborative efforts include environmental assessment methods in Cozumel, Mexico; the governance of a "climate protected community" in the Blackfoot Valley of Montana; fisheries management in Southeast Asia's Mekong region; and the restoration of natural fire regimes in U.S. forests. The authors argue that collaborative resilience requires redefining the idea of resilience itself. A resilient system is not just discovered through good science; it emerges as a community debates and defines ecological and social features of the system and appropriate scales of activity. Poised between collaborative practice and resilience analysis, collaborative resilience is both a process and an outcome of collective engagement with social-ecological complexity.
Green, M. (2012). Building codes for existing and historic buildings. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 978-0-470-19591-8. 248 pages. $85.00. Available from: Wiley, Customer Care Center-Consumer Accounts, 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256 (tel: 877-762-2974; fax: 800-597-3299; Email: consumers@wiley.com;Web site: http://www.wiley.com).
This monograph examines how the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Existing Building Code (IEBC) can be applied to historic and existing buildings. The book is organized to parallel the structure of the IEBC itself, and the approach is cumulative, with the objective of promoting an understanding of the art of applying building regulations to the environment of existing buildings. It begins with a discussion of the history of building regulations in the United States and the events and conditions that created them. Next, it provides thorough coverage of: (1) the rationale behind code provisions and historic preservation principles; (2) major building code requirements: occupancy and use, types of construction, and heights and areas; (3) building performance characteristics: fire and life safety, structural safety, health and hygiene, accident prevention, accessibility, and energy conservation; and (4) case study projects that reinforce the material covered
Hansen, D. & Kardon, R. (2011). Code check building: an illustrated guide to the building codes. Third Edition. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, Inc. 978-1-60085-329-6. 31 pages. $19.95. Available from : Taunton Press, Inc., 63 South Main Street, PO Box 5507, Newtown, CT 06470-5507 (tel: 800-477-8727; fax: 203-549-0747; Email: support@customerservice.taunton.com;Web site: http://www.tauntonstore.com/).
This publication is a condensed guide to the building portions of the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC) for One- & Two-Family Dwellings. The IRC is the most widely used residential building code in the United States. Significant code changes are highlighted in the text and summarized in the inside back cover, which means that the book is also applicable in areas using older editions of the IRC.
Mazzolani, F.M. & Herrera, R. (Eds.). (2012). Behaviour of steel structures in seismic areas: STESSA 2012. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Santiago, Chile 9-11 January 2012. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 978-0-415-62105-2. 1,113 pages. Accompanied by CD-ROM. $339.00. Available from: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Attn: Order Entry, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487 (tel: 800-272-7737; fax: 800-374-3401; Email: orders@crcpress.com;Web site: http://www.crcpress.com).
This monograph is a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of seismic resistant steel structures. It comprises a collection of papers presented at the seventh International Specialty Conference STESSA 2012 (Santiago, Chile, 9-11 January 2012), and includes the state-of-the-art in both theoretical and experimental research on the behavior of steel structures in seismic areas. This book provides a complete framework of the most recent trends in the field of steel structures in seismic areas, with particular reference to the utilization of multi-level performance based design concepts, the analysis of factors influencing the steel structure behavior during strong ground motions, minimizing earthquake damage, seismic retrofit, the collapse behavior of steel structures, recent developments in advanced large-scale experimental techniques, and the utilization of large-scale seismic testing facilities.
Schuller, M. & Morales, P. (Eds.). (2012). Tectonic shifts: Haiti since the earthquake. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC. 978-1-56549-512-8. 271 pages. $24.95. Available from: Stylus Publishing, LLC, Orders & Customer Service, PO Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605 (tel: 800-232-0223; fax: 703-661-1501; Email: stylusmail@presswarehouse.com;Web site: www.styluspub.com).
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti's capital on January 12, 2010 will be remembered as one of the world's deadliest disasters. This monograph offers a diverse on-the-ground set of perspectives about Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake and the aftermath that left more than 1.5 million individuals homeless. Following a critical analysis of Haiti's heightened vulnerability as a result of centuries of foreign policy and most recently neoliberal economic policies, this book addresses a range of contemporary realities, foreign impositions, and political changes that occurred during the relief and reconstruction periods.
Simpson, S. (2012). Complete book of framing: an illustrated guide for residential construction. Second Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 978-1-118-11349-3. 348 pages. $29.95. Available from: Wiley, Customer Care Center-Consumer Accounts, 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256 (tel: 877-762-2974; fax: 800-597-3299; Email: consumers@wiley.com;Web site: http://www.wiley.com).
This book guides the reader through the steps on framing floors, walls, roofs, door and window openings, and stairs. Hundreds of color photographs and illustrations help the reader understand the basics as well as advanced framing methods. It is updated to match the framing techniques to the 2009 International Building Code (IBC), and introduces the concept of "green framing" regarding material use and handling. It also (1) deals with the new corrosive treating methods that began to be used in 2004 for pressure treated wood; (2) covers the time and energy-saving benefits of positive placement nail guns, which have become the industry standard for fastening light gage hardware; and (3) includes a glue-laminated beam weight chart, along with a description of crane operations for setting these beams.
Thiagarajan, G., Williamson, E., & Conley, C. (Eds.). (2011). Behavior of concrete structures subjected to blast and impact loadings. SP-281. Farmington Hills, MI: American Concrete Institute (ACI). 978-0-87031-752-1. CD-ROM. $48.50 Member / $78.50 Non-member. Available from: American Concrete Institute, Member/Customer Services Department, PO Box 9094, Farmington Hills, MI 48333 (tel: 248-848-3800; fax: 248-848-3800 Email: bkstore@concrete.org;Web site: http://www.concrete.org).
This CD-ROM contains 15 papers that were presented at sessions sponsored by ACI Committees 447 and 370 at the ACI Fall 2010 Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. In this publication, engineers report on how they are approaching the challenging task of predicting the response of structures subjected to blast and impact loading. Both experimental and analytical efforts are represented, often in tandem. The analytical approaches taken include single-degree-of-freedom modeling, highly nonlinear transient dynamic finite element simulations, and coupled Lagrangian-Eulerian simulations. Papers in the publication cover the design and evaluation of new and existing structures, as well as techniques for strengthening existing structures.
Williams, A. (2012). Structural engineering reference manual. Sixth Edition. Belmont, California: Professional Publications, Inc. 978-1-59126-371-5. Various pagings. $124.95. Available from: Professional Publications, Inc., (PPI), 1250 Fifth Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 (tel: 800-426-1178; fax: 650-592-4519; Email: info@ppi2pass.com;Web site: http://ppi2pass.com/).
The book prepares the reader for the NCEES 16-hour Structural SE exam. The book provides a comprehensive review of structural analysis and design method related to vertical and lateral forces. It also illustrates the most useful equations in the exam-adopted codes and standards, and it provides guidelines for selecting and applying these equations. More than 225 example problems illustrate how to apply concepts and use equations, and more than 35 end-of-chapter problems let the reader practice the skills contained herein. Each problem contains a complete solution.