Frederick Thomas, Robert Chaney, Richard Tseng

Broschiertes Buch

The Physics of Destructive Earthquakes

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Frederick Thomas has a B.S. in Physics, a Ph.D. in Science Education and 30+ years of experience teaching physics, astronomy and math at the secondary school and introductory college levels. His experience includes 22 years in the Physics Department at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio and two years each in Ghana and Australia. He is currently President of Learning with Math Machines, Inc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: IOP Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 195g
• ISBN-13: 9781643270807
• ISBN-10: 164327080X
• Artikelnr.: 73928302