CE 414

Course Code & Number

CE 414

Course Title

Introduction to Earthquake Resistant Design

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Senior

Semester:

Spring

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

Causes of earthquakes, characteristics of earthquake ground motions, earthquake magnitude and intensity measurements. Seismic response analysis of simple structures. Derivation of elastic response spectra and earthquake design spectra. Earthquake design criteria. Free and forced vibration analysis of frame structures. Modal spectral analysis and equivalent static lateral force method. Design codes, design applications.

Course Objectives

This course aims to broaden the intellectual capacity of students in understanding the natural causes of earthquakes and their consequences on the built environment; to introduce them to the basic principles of dynamic structural behavior and seismic design procedures.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Describe the natural causes of earthquakes
2. Describe the consequences of earthquakes on the built environment
3. Describe seismic parameters such as earthquake magnitude, intensity, depth, focal mechanism
4. List various instruments employed in measuring earthquakes and their differences
5. Determine seismic response of single degree of freedom linear elastic systems using analytical approaches
6. Analyze seismic behavior of single degree of freedom linear elastic systems using numerical approaches
7. Analyze seismic behavior of single degree of freedom non-linear systems using numerical approaches
8. Determine seismic response of multi degree of freedom linear elastic systems using analytical approaches
9. Perform seismic design of reinforced concrete structures in accordance with Turkish Earthquake Code, 2007

Recommended Reading

1. Earthquakes: 2006 Centennial Update by B. Bolt, 5th Edition, Freeman, 2005 2. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by S. L. Kramer, Prentice Hall, 1996