Civil Engineering/seismic basics

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Expert: Bryan P. Lindsey, P.E. - 11/15/2008


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Hi, i need help in seismic design... Our instructor refuses to teach us seismic analysis...and we don't know where to begin.. Unfortunately, we don't have resources.. What is the basic principle in seismic analysis? Do you know any helpful sites?
tnx..

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The basic principle is sound refraction. We use a system that installs geophones into the ground whichs receives the sounds waves off of the material underground. Rock bounces sounds back faster than soft material.

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Bryan P. Lindsey, P.E.

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I am an expert in Civil Engineering with a degree form the Georgia Institute of Technology with 12 years experience in the following fields of Civil engineering; Transportation, General civil, Civil site design, drainage, project management and many others.

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I have 12 years experience in multiple fields of civil engineering. I spent the first four years of my career in the transportation industry by being a design engineer for prominent transpotation firm in Atlanta. I moved from there to civil site design and worked as a project manager for the next six years and currently I am the Director of Transportation for same firm.

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Member of American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Bachelors of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996.

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