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Introduction to Earthquake Engineering

Nature and causes of earthquakes, earthquake magnitude and intensity, earthquake ground motions. Seismic response analysis of simple structures. Elastic response spectra, design spectrum. Equivalent lateral load procedure, response spectrum analysis procedure. Earthquake design criteria. Seismic codes. Application of capacity design principles to frame structures.

Seismology:
• Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics;
• Causes of Earthquakes and Seismic Waves;
• Measurement of Earthquakes and Measurement parameters;
• Modification of Earthquake due to the Nature of Soil;
• Seismic Hazard Analysis I;
• Seismic Hazard Analysis II; Discussion on Tutorial Problems.
Earthquake Inputs:
• Time History Records and Frequency
• Contents of Ground Motion;
• Power Spectral Density Function of Ground
• Motion; Concept of Response Spectrums of Earthquake;
• Combined D‐V‐A Spectrum and
• Construction of Design Spectrum; Site Specific, Probabilistic and Uniform Hazard Spectrums
• Predictive Relationships for earthquake parameters;
Dynamics for Earthquake Analysis:
• Equations of Motion for SDOF and MDOF Systems; Undamped Free Vibration of SDOF and MDOF Systems;
• Mode Shapes and Frequencies of MDOF System; Rayleigh Damping Matrix;
• Direct Time Domain Analysis of MDOF System;
• Direct Frequency Domain Analysis of MDOF System;
• Modal Analysis in Time and Frequency Domain;
Response Analysis for Specific Ground Motion:
• Equations of Motion for Single and Multi Support Excitations and Solutions;
• Equations of Motion in State Space and Solutions;
• Computational Steps for the Solutions using MATLAB I;
• Computational Steps for the Solutions using MATLAB II;
• Time History Analysis of 3D Tall Buildings;
• Discussion on Tutorial Problems.Discussion on Tutorial Problems.
Response Spectrum Method of Analysis:
• Concept of Equivalent Lateral Force for Earthquake;
• Modal Combination Rules;
• Response Spectrum Method of Analysis of Structures and Codal Provisions;
• Response Spectrum Method of Analysis for Torsionally Coupled Systems;
• Response Spectrum Method of Analysis for Non‐Classically Damped Systems;
• Discussion on Tutorial Problems.
Inelastic Response of Structures for Earthquake Forces:
• Fundamental Concepts of Inelastic
• Response Analysis for Earthquake Forces;
• Solutions of Incremental Equations of Motions for SDOF Systems;
• Solutions of Incremental Equations of Motions for MDOF Systems;
• Push over Analysis;
• Concepts of Ductility and Inelastic Spectrum;
• Discussion on Tutorial Problems.
Base isolation for earthquake resistant design of structures:
• Base isolation concept, isolation systems and their modeling;
• Linear theory of base isolation;
• Stability of elastomeric bearings;
• Codal provisions for seismic isolation,

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