Earthquake Resistant Planning,Designing & Strengthening of Buildings

The Earthquake in Marathawada on 30th September 1993 and Bhuj on 26th Jan.2001 caused an unprecedented loss of life and property.Previously it was assumed that except Koyana region, seismic risk in rest of Maharashtra is minimum. But Killari incident made us aware to take due precautionary measures while designing the structures in all over the India. In this book various Low Cost Earthquake resistant models are suggested using various locally available materials. Various retrofitting methods are explained.Importance of confining reinforcement and development length for ductile detailing is also explained with the help of actual case studies.