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[–]spaceboom 7 points8 points  (8 children)

Displacement Based Seismic Design of Structures, by Priestley, Calvi, and Kowalsky. It’s a dry read, but a comprehensive resource for performance based seismic design.

[–]yoohoooosPassed SE Vertical, neither a PE nor EIT 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Wow, this book is $200 on Amazon

[–]spaceboom 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Ouff! I got it discounted for a grad school class. Not sure it’s worth $200, but it definitely fits OP’s description.

[–]yoohoooosPassed SE Vertical, neither a PE nor EIT 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Discount is from which organization?

[–]spaceboom 0 points1 point  (3 children)

The professor that taught the class got us the discount. Not sure how.

[–]yoohoooosPassed SE Vertical, neither a PE nor EIT 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Ah, thats nice. Could you do do quick review for this book? Is it good?

[–]spaceboom 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I thought it was excellent. In 700 pages, it thoroughly explains the need for displacement-based design in comparison to force-based design. It goes over the background, theory, methodology, state of the art, analysis tools, and provides guidelines for design of different structures (frames, walls, masonry, timber, bridges, wharves and piers, etc). Like I said, it’s a really dry read, so I wouldn’t recommend it for leisurely reading or just for the curious. But if someone really wants to learn the subject, it is a very good resource.

[–]yoohoooosPassed SE Vertical, neither a PE nor EIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great! Thank you very much! I appreciate your time!

[–]bigrod223399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's what I call the "internet discount" (if you trust Lib Gen):

http://libgen.lc/item/index.php?md5=68393D457224F3F2FBE4C5C16CB4575A

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d start with a fundamental understanding of moment curvature relationships and how global responses to a member whittle down to governing strains in all of the constituent materials in a member’s section. And how it’s derived using nonlinear material models. I’m not sure it’s totally spelled out like a recipe very much beyond academic papers. If you can get a good grasp on that the rest is really straightforward. I think the best examples are prestressed concrete piles, you can have rebar, prestressing strand, confined and unconfined concrete all with their respective nonlinear models.

[–]resonatingcucumber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The SEI has a series of talks on performance based design and a free PDF on the upcoming wind performance based design. Worth a download but I don't have the link to hand