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 | | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics) by Steven L. Kramer ISBN-10: 0133749436 ISBN-10: 0-13-374943-6 ISBN-13: 9780133749434 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-374943-4 Hardcover 1996-01-07 Prentice Hall Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This is the first book on the market focusing specifically on the topic of geotechnical earthquake engineering. The book draws from the fields of seismology and structural engineering to present a broad, interdiciplinary view of the fundamental concepts in seismology, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering. | ||
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Franklin A. Moore (Geotechnical-earthquake engineer) To my knowledge this is one of the best (if not the best) book on the specific subject of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. The author manages to present in a concise and clear manner an overview of the latest on earthquake engineering, and then proceeded to the geotechnical engineering field covering all the main topics, including examples and problems of applications that complements and clarifies the subject. As a geotechnical and earthquake engineer I find this book to be an invaluable reference for a student or a practicing civil engineer. | ||
The best introduction to geotechnical earthquake engineering Yes, this is an excellent overall introduction to the geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering. We use it regularly in practice. The sections on seismic hazard analysis and seismic slope stability are particularly strong. | ||
the best available Topics in geotechnical earthquake engineering is one of the most active fields and always in rapid changing. Only with several years off, the book by Professor Kramer is going to be out-of-dated. Yet it is the BEST book available so far on this topic. I found the information in this book is useful for learning and understanding, yet for the most excellent descriptions, we have to refer directly to the scattered publications of Berkeley School (i.e. Prof. H.Seed, R. Seed and J. Bray et al). | ||
good references This book is good for graduate level. It contains lots of principles and applications in this field. References listed in the book are very useful as a starting point in geotech research. | ||
NOT A WELL WRITTEN TEXTBOOK! I am a graduate student studying geotechnical engineering and have used this book in my class. The problems at the end of each chapter are extremely difficult to do given the information in the textbook. I found myself constantly going to the library to attempt to get extra information which was almost always impossible to find. In fact, after spending hours on one problem, I talked to my professor about it and she spoke to the author of the book and he realized that the problem was not even possible to solve! I completely wasted hours of my time trying to solve it and it couldn't even be solved! Also, when a symbol for a constant is mentioned in the book, it is very difficult to go back and scan the pages to find out what the symbol stands for and what the correct equation is. Maybe the author can include a summary of symbols and what they stand for at the beginning of each chapter. I would not recommend this textbook although I know that it is one of the few Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering textbooks out there. | ||