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1.		Seismic Design of Building Structures: A Professionals Introduction to Earthquake Forces and Design Details from Professional Publications, Inc. Price: $75.00 Customer Review: I bought this book to study for the PE Structural 1. It is a thorough, item by item book that has excellent symbol references, clear definitions, worked examples etc. The author is interested on you, the reader, understanding seismic design, unlike many of the other books on the market that cater to... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.	[no image]	345 Solved Seismic Design Problems from Professional Pubns Inc Customer Review: This is a highly-excellent reference for a working Civil Engineer. A very good value.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: How to Save Your Home, Business, and Life from Chronicle Books Price: $3.68 Customer Review: Any individual or business residing anywhere in earthquake country, whether it be within California, on the Pacific Rim or elsewhere, needs Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country. Now in its third updated, expanded edition, this packs in details on earthquake risks, offering keys to making good... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Dynamics of Structures (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $68.53 Customer Review: The organization and presentation is excellent. It is organized into two main parts: single degree of freedom systems(SDF) and multiple degree of freedom systems(MDF). An in-depth study of SDF systems comes first naturally since MDF systems can be viewed as solving multiple SDF systems. In terms of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings from Wiley-Interscience Price: $165.11 Customer Review: As graduate student completing my Master's degree I thought this book is very useful for anyone who is doing research in the area of earthquake engineering in general. It goes in depth in many topics covering seismic design of structural components and systems of reinforced concrete and masonry. I... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation and Anisotropy from Taylor & Francis Price: $171.21 Customer Review: This encyclopedic monograph expresses nearly 40 years of Nick Barton's research interests in engineering classification of rock masses. Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation, and Anisotropis organized into two basic parts: Chapters 1 through 9 in Part I pertain to civil engineering scales and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Seismic Principles Practice Exams for the California Special Civil Engineer Examination from Professional Publications, Inc. Price: $60.00 Customer Review: I was using this book to prep for the October 2009 Seismic Exam in California, and the example problems are filled with errors. It is maddening trying to evaluate yourself when you're finding mistakes in half the problems. For how much they charge for these guides, I'd have expected them to at least... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from Prentice Hall Price: $105.61 Customer Review: It is good stuff. I learned all the best soil dancing moves. I am going to tear it up on the dance floor now. As long as there are good shear waves.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering from Wiley Price: $109.89 Customer Review: If you plan to purchase this book, be sure to buy a magnifier (or microscope) at Amazon at the same time. The font sizes and symbols are extremely tiny in many of the figures and not too many human beings could see it (not exaggerated at all; for example: see Fig. 4.42 on page 250). The quality of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		Seismic Design for Architects from Architectural Press Price: $50.49 Customer Review: While most technical books on earthquake-resistant building design are laden with formulas and arcane language useful only to structural engineers, it is good to find with Professor Charleson's book one that clearly states the concepts that lead to good design practices that contribute to building... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.	[no image]	Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering (Civil engineering and engineering mechanics series) from Prentice Hall	Click here for more information


12.		The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook from Designmatters at Art Center College of Design Price: $25.07	Click here for more information


13.		Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $138.88	Click here for more information


14.		Earthquake Engineering: From Engineering Seismology to Performance-Based Engineering from CRC Press Price: $60.00	Click here for more information


15.		Earthquake-Resistant Design of Masonry Buildings (Series on Innovations in Structures and Construction , Vol 1) from World Scientific Publishing Company Price: $47.20 Customer Review: An excellent book on seismic design of brick masonry structures: I am doing my PhD in the Department of Civil engineering NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. My PhD title is "Study on improving the seismic performance of brick masonry structures in Peshawar and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Seismic Design of Buildings and Bridges (Seismic Design of Buildings & Bridges) from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $57.00 Customer Review: Mr. Williams presentation is clear and easy to follow. The text is well thought out and organized into separate chapters covering major design topics. He has taken the time to ferret out all the pertinent footnotes and includes them in the appropriate sections. His summaries and tables are worth the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Earthquake Engineering Handbook (New Directions in Civil Engineering) from CRC Press Price: $60.00	Click here for more information


18.		Design of Seismic Isolated Structures: From Theory to Practice from Wiley Price: $129.23 Customer Review: Perhaps Dr. Naeim and Dr. Kelly should have called their book "Everything the structural designer always wanted to know about seismic isolation...but was too shy to ask". In my opinion, this is an excellent book that resumes the state-of-the-art of seismic isolation and the design of seismic... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges from Wiley-Interscience Price: $156.60 Customer Review: Professor Priestley is No. 1 in the world when it comes to seismic design and retrofit of bridges. This book is a result of his extensive research conducted for Caltrans with Prof. Seible on bridge retrofit and their seismic behavior. The book is excellent reference for researchers and design... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Response Spectrum Method in Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures (New Directions in Civil Engineering) from CRC Press Price: $167.83	Click here for more information


21.		Guidelines for the Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade of Water Transmission Facilities (Monograph (American Society of Civil Engineers. Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering), No. 15.) from American Society of Civil Engineers Price: $43.99	Click here for more information


22.		Dynamic Analysis & V2 Earthquake Resis from Taylor & Francis Price: $132.42	Click here for more information


23.		Seismic Engineering (Phenomenes Sismiques English) from Wiley-ISTE Price: $262.76	Click here for more information


24.		Seismic Design of Reinforced and Precast Concrete Buildings from Wiley Price: $149.95	Click here for more information


25.		Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Design, Performance, and Research Needs from National Academies Press Price: $19.00	Click here for more information


26.		Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $159.80 Customer Review: This book is used for the undergraduate and graduate courses is seismic analysis. Some of the chapter sections on the more advanced topics are a bit hard to understand (sometimes there's a few steps in math skipped), but mostly it's b/c the topics are not that easy to explain on paper. I'm not... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: Completely Revised and Expanded from Chronicle Books Price: $24.44 Customer Review: Any book that can save your home and family is good, but one that is clear, entertaining, and money-saving, is a winner. I had a cripple-wall under our house. The book showed me how to install blocking and plywood sheathing for about $20 (plus a morning swinging a hammer in the 2' tall crawlspace),... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Seismic Design of Buildings to Eurocode 8 from Taylor & Francis Price: $100.40 Customer Review: I have barely gone through 1 chapter of this book. So far it is pretty understandable.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.	[no image]	Structural Dynamics of Earthquake Engineering: Theory and Application using Mathematica and Matlab (Woodhead Publishing in Materials) from CRC Press Price: $264.87	Click here for more information


30.		Guide to Post-Earthquake Investigation of Lifelines (Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Monograph, No. 11.) from American Society of Civil Engineers Price: $125.00	Click here for more information

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