2010年和2011年发生在智利和日本的毁灭性海啸突显出迫切需要新的结构设计标准，以提高建筑物的抗灾能力并保障人类生命。他们还提供了丰富的信息，可以作为估计海啸荷载和影响的基础，并指导设计方法的制定。一个研究人员和从业者团队接受了这一挑战，结果将海啸荷载的规定纳入了ASCE/SEI 7-16标准、建筑物和其他结构的最低设计荷载和相关标准。对于许多美国结构和岩土工程师来说，ASCE 7- 16?s的条款和评论将是他们首次接触海啸设计。在本指南中，作者伊恩·罗伯逊帮助工程师和相关专业人士了解新规定的背景和发展。他以一系列基于原型建筑的清晰而详细的例子，指导他们如何应用海啸设计。他将ASCE 7-16海啸规定与之前的设计指南、实验室研究和现场调查联系起来。此外，他还解释了条款中的关键概念，包括海啸风险类别；淹没深度和流速；结构设计程序； 以及静水、水动力和碎片冲击载荷。罗伯逊在众多实例和原型建筑的全长海啸设计中展示了这些概念的应用。该指南还解释了海啸的基础设计，结构对策，垂直疏散避难所，非结构部件和系统，以及关键非建筑结构。海啸荷载和影响:ASCE 7-16《海啸设计规定指南》是对海啸荷载要求的明确而权威的解释，将受到结构、海岸和岩土工程师以及建筑师、建筑规范官员、承包商和应急管理人员的欢迎。

The devastating tsunamis that struck Chile and Japan in 2010 and 2011 underscored the critical need for new structural design criteria to improve building resilience and safeguard human life. They also provided a wealth of information that could form the basis for estimating tsunami loads and effects and guiding the development of a design methodology. A team of researchers and practitioners took up the challenge, which resulted in the inclusion of provisions for tsunami loads in Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16,Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.For many US structural and geotechnical engineers, ASCE 7-16?s provisions and commentary will be their first exposure to tsunami design. In this companion guide, author Ian Robertson helps engineers and allied professionals understand the background and development of the new provisions. He guides them through the application of tsunami design with a series of clear and detailed examples based on prototypical buildings. He connects the ASCE 7-16 tsunami provisions to prior design guidelines, laboratory research, and field surveys. In addition, he explains the key concepts in the provisions, including tsunami risk categories; inundation depth and flow velocities; structural design procedures; and hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and debris impact loads. Robertson demonstrates the application of these concepts in numerous examples and a full-length tsunami design of a prototype building. The guide also explains the tsunami provisions for foundation design, structural countermeasures, vertical evacuation refuges, nonstructural components and systems, and critical nonbuilding structures.Tsunami Loads and Effects: Guide to the Tsunami Design Provisions of ASCE 7-16 is a clear and authoritative explanation of the tsunami load requirements that will be welcomed by structural, coastal, and geotechnical engineers, as well as architects, building code officials, contractors, and emergency managers.