The Agadir, Morocco, Earthquake, February 29, 1960
New York: American Iron & Steel Institute, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 112 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Tables. Appendices. References. Bibliography. Ink name on the front flyleaf. [D. Earl Jones, Jr.--possibly the recipient of the EWRI Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC) Founders’ Award presented to pioneers in the fields of urban water management and stormwater research. No dust jacket present. A team of four American engineers made extensive notes on the type and nature of the structural damage after the earthquake in the Moroccan city of Agadir, and noted the steps necessary to prevent such a disaster in the future. Introduction by W. G. Kirkland. Among the topics are Seismological aspects of the Agadir earthquate, Structural effects of the Agadir earthquake, Earthquake Engineering, Summary and Conclusions, Lateral Force Requirements and the Geology of Agadir and its environs. This is a report prepared and edited by Prof. R. W. Clough. The first three chapters described the Agadir shock and the resulting damage. Chapter Four contains an explanation of the dynamic characteristics of earthquakes in general and the development of seismic design procedures in the United States in recent years. Chapter Five summarizes the principal findings with respect to the Agadir earthquake. The appendices to the report contain supplementary information of value in a study of the Agadir earthquake in particular and in consideration of seismic forces in the design of buildings at the present time. The 1960 Agadir earthquake occurred on 29 February at 23:40:18 Western European Time near the city of Agadir, located in western Morocco on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the earthquake's moderate Mw scale magnitude of 5.8, its relatively shallow depth (9.3 miles) resulted in strong surface shaking, with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Between 12,000 and 15,000 people (about a third of the city's population of the time) were killed and another 12,000 injured with at least 35,000 people left homeless, making it the most destructive and deadliest earthquake in Moroccan history. Particularly hard hit were Founty, the Kasbah, Yachech/Ihchach and the Talborjt area. The earthquake's shallow focus, close proximity to the port city of Agadir, and unsatisfactory construction methods were all reasons declared by earthquake engineers and seismologists as to why it was so destructive. Ray William Clough, (July 23, 1920 – October 8, 2016), was Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of structural engineering in the department of civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the founders of the finite element method (FEM). His 1956 article was one of the first applications of this computational method. He coined the term "finite elements" in an article in 1960. Clough made contributions in the field of earthquake engineering, in particular with the development and application of a mathematical method, finite element analysis, which has applications in numerical modeling of the physical world. Dr. Clough extended the method to enable dynamic analysis of complex structures and co-authored, with Joseph Penzien, a text on structural dynamics. As of 2025, the second edition (revised) of this text is still in print and widely used. A series of papers that appeared in the 1960s and 1970s presented new and accurate methods utilizing the finite element concept for earthquake analysis of earth dams and concrete dams. During the 1970s and 1980s he directed his research toward experiments on concrete, steel, and masonry buildings and liquid-storage tanks using the UC Berkeley EERC shaking table. Clough and Joe Penzien with support from Jack Bouwkamp developed the Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) at UC Berkeley, a hub for analytical engineering research, information resources, and public service programs. The proposal was submitted in 1967 and EERC began operations in 1968. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Morocco, Earthquakes, Seismological, Structural effects. Earthquake Engineering, Lateral Force, Geology, Agadir
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