The physics of destructive earthquakes / Frederick Thomas, Robert Chaney and Richard Tseng.

By: Thomas, Frederick (Ph.D. in science education) [author.]Contributor(s): Chaney, Robert (Professor of mathematics) [author.] | Tseng, Richard [author.] | Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics, IOP - EBA (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 5 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), color mapsContent type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643270784 ebookSubject(s): Earthquakes | Seismology | Physics | SCIENCE / Physics / GeneralAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 551.22028/7 LOC classification: QE534.3 .T567 2018ebOnline resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. The size of earthquakes -- 2. Causes and effects -- 3. Modelling earthquake hazard -- 4. Ancient methods -- 5. Position, velocity and acceleration -- 6. Strength, flexibility and elasticity -- 7. Calculations and authentic assessment -- 8. R
Abstract: This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of
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1. The size of earthquakes -- 2. Causes and effects -- 3. Modelling earthquake hazard -- 4. Ancient methods -- 5. Position, velocity and acceleration -- 6. Strength, flexibility and elasticity -- 7. Calculations and authentic assessment -- 8. R

This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of

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Frederick Thomas has a BS in Physics and a PhD in Science Education. He has done graduate work in geophysics and has 30+ years of experience teaching physics, astronomy and math at the secondary school and introductory college levels. His teachi

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