Saturday, 25 April 2015

Earthquake Resistant Design Interview Questions


Questions are taken from book - "Seismic Design of Building structures" By Michael Lindeburg and Majid Baradar
  1. What is difference between stiffness and rigidity as used in seismic design?
  2. What is difference between ductility and flexibility as used in seismic consideration?
  3. What is ductility and ductility factor?
  4. What is the natural period of a building? Describe Method A and Method B to compute natural time period described in UBC97?
  5. What does the term redundancy means as it is used in the context of modern high rise buildings
  6. What causes torsional shear?
  7. What is negative torsional shear?
  8. What is response spectrum?
  9. Describe how base shear is calculated according to the UBC97 / IS 1893/IBC equation
  10. What is the P - Delta effect?
  11. What possible values can R take on for a moment resisting frame?
  12. Describe different Vertical and plan irregularity in Building
  13. Describe principle of seismic detailing in beam and column in moment frame?
  14. Describe three principles of design of special moment frame
  15.  Draw vertical distribution of seismic force along height of building 

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