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| JFZ4025 | Engineering Seismology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özgenç AKIN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The student should obtain basic knowledge about integrated concepts in earthquake engineering. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand principles of earthquake engineering in geophysic | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | | | LO - 2 : | have knowledge about nature of strong ground motion and its importance in earthquake-resistance structural design | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | | | LO - 3 : | learn behaviour of structures and grounds in an earthquake | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | | | LO - 4 : | establish inter-disciplinary relations between geophysical engineering and civil engineering | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Overview of earthquake source parameters and seismicity of Turkey, site investigation for constructions, seismic waves and design of building, strong motion seismology and assessment of accelerograms, calculation of true ground motion, interpretation of accelerograms in time and frequency domains, calculation of digital response spectrum including displacement, velocity and acceleration response spectrum, resonant frequency and collapse of buildings. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Seismicity and Tectonics of Turkey. | | | Week 2 | General effects of earthquakes and its structural damages. | | | Week 3 | Main principles of site selection. | | | Week 4 | Earthquake intensity variations depending on local geology and depth of water table. | | | Week 5 | Soil amplification. | | | Week 6 | Amplitude, duration and spectral parameters of strong ground motion. | | | Week 7 | Strong ground motion damage indices. | | | Week 8 | Mid term exam. | | | Week 9 | An importance of Acceleration recordings and calculation of true ground motion from these recordings. | | | Week 10 | An interpretation of Earthquake acceleration recordings in time and frequency domain. | | | Week 11 | Calculation and interpretation of displacement, velocity, and acceleration response spectra. | | | Week 12 | Seismic hazard and ground response analyses. | | | Week 13 | Importance of Seismic vulnerability and microzonation in Engineering Seismology. | | | Week 14 | Seismic mitigation, earthquake codes.Rijit bina temellerinin deprem anında yaptığı hareketler, Zeminlerin ve yapıların titreşimi. | | | Week 15 | Soil-structure interaction and soil liquefaction. | | | Week 16 | Final exam. | | | |
| 1 | Çınar, H., Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş, Basılmamış Ders Notları, KTÜ, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Kramer, S.L., 1996, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, Inc. | | | 3 | Kayabalı,K.,2003, Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliği (S.L. Kramer, 1996? dan Çeviri), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | 4 | Kanai,K., 1983, Engineering Seismology, Univ. of Tokyo Press | | | |
| 1 | Mollamehmetoğlu,M., ve Babuçcu,F., 2006, Zeminlerde Sıvılaşma: Analiz ve İyileştirme Yöntemleri, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara | | | 2 | Özçep,F., 2005, Statik ve Dinamik (DEPREM) Etkiler Altında Zemin Davranışı ve Mühendislik Uygulamaları, TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, Kurs Notları?3, Ankara. | | | 3 | Chen, W.F., and Charles, S ,(eds), 2003, Earthquake Engineering Handbook, CRC Press. | | | 4 | Day, R.W., 2002, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill. | | | 5 | Woo,G., 1999, The Mathematics of Natural Catastrophes, Imperial College Press. | | | 6 | Medvedev, S.V., 1965, Engineering Seismology,IPST, Jarusalem. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 31.11.2013 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 10.01.2014 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 3 | 45 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 132 |
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