seismic resistance design
1Seismic retrofit — Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Other retrofit techniques are applicable to areas subject to tropical cyclones,… …
2Seismic analysis — is a subset of structural analysis and is the calculation of the response of a building (or nonbuilding) structure to earthquakes. It is part of the process of structural design, earthquake engineering or structural assessment and retrofit (see… …
3Mahdi Ghalibafian — Dr. Mahdi Ghalibafian was born in Tabriz in 1935. After ending the elementary education, he finished his first two years of junior high school in Ferdosi High School in his birthplace. Then he moved to Tehran and completed his recent school time… …
4Metal Building Manufacturers Association — The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) was founded in 1956 and promotes the design and construction of metal building systems in the low rise, non residential building marketplace. A non profit trade organization, MBMA s headquarters …
5Architecture and Civil Engineering — ▪ 2009 Introduction Architecture For Notable Civil Engineering Projects in work or completed in 2008, see Table (Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2008)). Beijing was the centre of the world of architecture… …
6Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …
7Jerónimos Monastery — Coordinates: 38°41′51.60″N 9°12′21.60″W / 38.697667°N 9.206°W / 38.697667; 9.206 …
8Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant — Metsamor NPP site …
9Inca architecture — is the most significant pre Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded in the second century B.C. in present day Bolivia. Much of present day architecture at the former Inca capital …
10Nakh Architecture — Ruins of Medieval Vainakh settlement. A window on the eastern wall of …
