Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Civil Engineering Final Year.
→Definitions of Earthquake: - Earthquake is defined as the shaking of earth’s surface due to any reason which, result in release of large amount of energy. For example-: The energy released in during 2001 Bhuj Earthquake (Gujrat, india) was about 200 times that of energy released by Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) In the year of 1945. Or * The ground vibrations, both feeble and strong, produced on the surface of earth due to any reason what so ever are described as earthquake. * Define Earthquake Engineering/Seismology-: The branch of science which deals with the study of earthquakes. It includes causes and types of earthquake, Study of origin, Propagation, Recording and analyzing seismic waves that occur inside the earth along with the source that produce them is known as Earthquake Engineering or Seismology. * Important Terminology related with Earthquake Engineering Seismology-: 1. Hypocenter or focus or seismic cente...