Seismic Retrofit of Buildings: Portal Frames, Performance-Based Plastic Design, and Detailing Techniques (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780443404450)

Moderate to severe earthquakes can cause vast damage to buildings and their foundations, endangering the lives of residents and leading to complex and costly search, rescue, and clean-up efforts. Seismic Retrofit of Buildings provides in-demand information on state-of-the-art technology and materials that are reshaping the field, with a particular focus on prefabricated, moment-resisting steel portal frames.

The book's gradual introduction of performance-based plastic design concepts primes readers for the acquisition of in-depth technical competence in the implementation of solutions that not only improve the overall safety of a structure in the event of life-threatening ground motions but also offer advantages of both cost-effective and practical resilience significance. Rehabilitation issues, specialized techniques, considerations related to aesthetic appeal, construction drawings, functional detailing, photos from real-life projects, and other practice-informed insights are all included to make up a carefully composed and balanced reference resource that is of value for audiences in both academia and industry.

Author: Moosa Mazloom
ISBN-10: 0443404453
ISBN-13: 9780443404450
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback