While the loss likely caused by environmental and other impacts besides earthquakes in the life cycle of a structure, additional effects will be studied in future and this paper focuses on limit the impact of the earthquake. This section explains the method to calculate forces seismic design goals. In the case design, where the seismic risk of a variety of seismic forces are taken into account, assume that the initial construction costs low, but high seismic risk to a structure designed for a low seismic forces, while the seismic risk is low, but the initial construction high cost for a structure designed for a high seismic. | INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA Edited by Ioannis Deliyannis Interactive Multimedia Edited by loannis Deliyannis Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers this license allows users to download copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Daria Nahtigal Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published February 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Interactive Multimedia Edited by Ioannis Deliyannis p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0224-3 INTECH open science I open minds free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .
