Earthquakeresistant Buildings – Basics Of Earthquakeresistant Design And Construction – Basic Aspects Of Seismic Design – The Four Virtues Of Earthquake Resistant Buildings – Characteristics Of Buildings – Seismic Structural Configuration – Structural Stiffness, Strength And Ductility – What Are The Four Virtues? – Who Controls The Four Virtues? – How To Achieve The Four Virtues? – Earthquake Demand Versus Earthquake Capacity – Forcebased Design To Displacementbased Design – Earthquake Demand On Buildings – Seismic Design Force – Dynamic Characteristics Of Buildings – Natural Period – Fundamental Natural Period Of Building – Factors Influencing Natural Period – Effect Of Stiffness – Effect Of Mass – Effect Of Building Height – Effect Of Column Orientation – Effect Of Unreinforced Masonry Infill Walls In Rc Frames – Effect Of Cracked Sections On Analysis Of Rc Frames – Design Practice – Mode Shape – Fundamental Mode Shape Of Oscillation – Factors Influencing Mode Shapes – Effect Of Flexural Stiffness Of Structural Elements – Effect Of Axial Stiffness Of Vertical Members – Effect Of Degree Of Fixity At Member Ends – Effect Of Building Height – Effect Of Unreinforced Masonry Infill Walls In Rc Frames – Design Practice – Damping – Ground Motion Characteristics – Accelerograms – Response Spectrum Of A Ground Motion – Acceleration Response Spectrum Of A Ground Motion – Design Practice – Earthquake Capacity Of Buildings – Elastic Behaviour .
