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Innovation in Seismic Resistant Design: A Review of Strategies with a Novel Concrete Approach Reminiscent of Hennebique and Mouchel

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K.G. Smith, "Innovation in Seismic Resistant Design: A Review of Strategies with a Novel Concrete Approach Reminiscent of Hennebique and Mouchel", in M.B. Leeming, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Innovation in Engineering for Seismic Regions", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 1-9, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.47.1.1

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Earthquake resistant design has always been a challenge for innovators, partly because the loads are not deterministic, with large magnitudes at extremely low probabilities in the Gumbel distribution, and a consequent need to balance political criticism tomorrow with economic savings today. The paper reviews some design philosophies that have been tried including one that uses end bearing plates to transfer reinforcing bar stresses to the surrounding concrete in beams. This, in hindsight, is similar to the fish tail end details used in the times of Mouchel's early designs. Although the reasoning is different, it brings several strategies together and illustrates how technical innovations attempt to counter difficult problems.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 47 INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING FOR SEISMIC REGIONS Edited by: M.B. Leeming and B.H.V. Topping Paper I.1 Innovation in Seismic Resistant Design: A Review of Strategies with a Novel Concrete Approach Reminiscent of Hennebique and Mouchel K.G. Smith Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom doi:10.4203/ccp.47.1.1 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper K.G. Smith, "Innovation in Seismic Resistant Design: A Review of Strategies with a Novel Concrete Approach Reminiscent of Hennebique and Mouchel", in M.B. Leeming, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Innovation in Engineering for Seismic Regions", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 1-9, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.47.1.1 Abstract Earthquake resistant design has always been a challenge for innovators, partly because the loads are not deterministic, with large magnitudes at extremely low probabilities in the Gumbel distribution, and a consequent need to balance political criticism tomorrow with economic savings today. The paper reviews some design philosophies that have been tried including one that uses end bearing plates to transfer reinforcing bar stresses to the surrounding concrete in beams. This, in hindsight, is similar to the fish tail end details used in the times of Mouchel's early designs. Although the reasoning is different, it brings several strategies together and illustrates how technical innovations attempt to counter difficult problems. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £35 +P&P)
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