Course

CIVIL-522: Seismic engineering

Lectures in this course (84)

Master Projects: Seismic Vulnerability & Masonry Structures Analysis

Covers courses and master projects on nonlinear analysis, research skills, image processing, seismic vulnerability, and masonry structures analysis.

Bridge Pier Design

Covers the design of a reinforced concrete bridge pier for ductile behavior under seismic loading.

Frames/Walls Assignment

Covers the first assignment on drawing diagrams for frame and wall systems.

Earthquake Effects: Ground Movement and Seismic Engineering

Explores earthquake effects, seismic hazards, building damage, and seismic design principles, emphasizing the importance of deformation capacity in structures.

Earthquake: Ground Movement and Seismic Engineering

Explores ground movement during earthquakes, seismic hazard, and engineering concepts.

Effects of an Earthquake

Explores the effects of earthquakes and earthquake damage to structures.

Seismic Design of Structures: Course Objectives

Explores seismic design objectives, emphasizing deformation capacity, engineer tasks, and structural evaluation methods.

Magnitude/Intensity: Earthquake Measurement and Effects

Explores earthquake measurement through magnitude and intensity scales, focusing on ground movement effects and energy release.

Seismic Engineering: Evolution in Switzerland

Covers the evolution of seismic design specifications in Swiss codes and historical earthquakes in Switzerland.

Seismic Engineering Discussion

Covers topics in seismic engineering, including unstable linear acceleration methods and displacement time-history.

Spectra and Nonlinearity in Seismic Engineering

Explores acceleration and displacement response spectra in seismic engineering, comparing linear and nonlinear systems.

Seismic Design Guidelines

Explores seismic design guidelines for buildings, emphasizing simplicity, regularity, and structural strength to ensure safety and robustness.

Conceptual Seismic Design: Guidelines and Principles

Explores the principles of conceptual seismic design for new buildings, emphasizing simplicity, compactness, and structural integrity.

Seismic Design: Structural Systems

Covers moment resisting frames, dual wall-frame systems, trusses with bracing, and base isolation.

Spectral analysis: Assignment #3

Covers estimating structure period, designing force diagrams, and comparing analysis methods.

Seismic Engineering Fundamentals

Introduces seismic engineering fundamentals, covering elastic response spectra, SDOF systems, and soil impact.

Earthquake in Greece

Discusses the earthquake in Tyrnavos, Thessaly, Greece, covering seismic engineering aspects, macroseismic intensity, peak ground acceleration, and seismic events.

Fundamental period: Seismic engineering

Covers the estimation of peak forces and displacements on elastic structures during earthquakes.

Elastic response: Seismic engineering

Explores the seismic response of an elastic SDOF system and numerical evaluation using Newmark's method.

Elastic Response Spectra: Fundamentals

Explores elastic response spectra, pseudo-acceleration, damping effects, and inelastic response in seismic design.