EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
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meanings of earthquake and engineering
earthquake
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/ˈɜːθ.kweɪk/us
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/ˈɝːθ.kweɪk/
a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing ...
engineering
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/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪə.rɪŋ/us
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/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
the work of an engineer (= a person who designs or builds machines, engines, electrical systems, or large structures such as roads or bridges using scientific principles), or the study of ...
Examples of earthquake engineering
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The title is misleading in that the book is overwhelmingly concerned with details of earthquake engineering, risk and hazard evaluation, and local site assessment.
His research interests include deep excavations, earthquake engineering, numerical modeling, and soil-structure interaction.
It also means, exploring architecture and its possibilities, through the principles of earthquake engineering.
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He is renowned for his research in earthquake engineering.
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Base isolation is one of the most powerful tools of earthquake engineering pertaining to the passive structural vibration control technologies.
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Seismic noise is relevant to any discipline that depends on seismology, such as geology, oil exploration, hydrology, and earthquake engineering, and structural health monitoring.
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Due to its earthquake engineering, the airport emerged unscathed, mostly due to the use of sliding joints.
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Around this time in his career, he became involved in earthquake engineering through development of building codes for earthquake prone areas.
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In the 1960s he established a new research area, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and he is commonly regarded as the founding father of this area.
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Earthquake engineering requires a good understanding of how structures will perform at earthquakes.
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Seismic architecture is an approach to architectural design that draws upon earthquake engineering design issues as a significant source of inspiration.
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A list of earthquake coefficients used in structural design for earthquake engineering around the world.
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Due to the nature of some loading conditions, sub-disciplines within structural engineering have emerged, including wind engineering and earthquake engineering.
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Earthquake engineering is a sub-discipline of structural engineering.
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Structural engineers require expertise in strength of materials and in the seismic design of structures covered by earthquake engineering.
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For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces.
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The most affected structures were those built of concrete, which in some cases collapsed completely due to lack of earthquake engineering.
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It is part of the process of structural design, earthquake engineering or structural assessment and retrofit (see structural engineering) in regions where earthquakes are prevalent.
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Special framed shear walls are becoming more common to help buildings meet the requirements of earthquake engineering and wind engineering.
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Those criteria are only consistent with the contemporary state of the knowledge about earthquake engineering structures.
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