The Physics of Destructive Earthquakes

by Robert Chaney, Frederick Thomas, Richard Tseng

Book Overview

This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of basic physics principles and concepts, including inertia, force, shear, energy, acceleration, elasticity, friction and stability. It illustrates how conceptual and quantitative physics emerges in the day-to-day...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643270753
• ISBN13: 9781643270753
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"