Introduction to Earthquake Engineering

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,