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SF 9010 GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING L T P C
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OBJECTIVE:
 The objective of this course is to understand the dynamics of earth and its
response, effect on earth structure and measures to mitigate the effects.
UNIT - I ELEMENTS OF EARTHQUAKE SEISMOLOGY AND DYNAMICS 6
Mechanism of Earthquakes - Causes of earthquake - Earthquake Fault sources -
Elastic Rebound theory - Seismic wave in Earthquake shaking - Definition of
earthquake terms - Locating an earthquake - Quantification of earthquakes.
UNIT - II GROUND MOTION CHARACTERISTICS 9
Strong Motion Records -characteristics of ground motion - Factors influencing ground
motion - Estimation of frequency content parameters - Seismic site investigations -
Evaluation of Dynamic soil properties.
UNIT - III GROUND RESPONSE ANALYSIS - LOCAL SITE EFFECTS AND
DESIGN GROUND MOTION 10
Wave propagation Analysis - Site Amplification, Ground Response Analysis -
Method of analysis - One Dimensional Analysis - Equivalent linear Analysis – shear
beam Analysis - site effects - Design Ground Motion - Developing Design Ground
Motion. Application of software package - codal recommendations.
UNIT - IV SEISMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS 14
Earthquake Resistant Design of foundation of buildings - Design considerations -
Geotechnical - Architectural - Structural - Capacity Design - Seismic analysis.
Earthquake Response of slopes - Evaluation of slope stability - Pseudostatic Analysis
- Newmark's Study of Block Analysis - Dynamic Analysis - Earth pressure due to
ground shaking valuation. Liquefaction-Susceptibility-Evaluation Cyclic stress
approach - Liquefaction Resistance - Field Tests with interpretation - Lateral
Deformation - codal recommendations.
UNIT - V EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION 6
Seismic risk vulnerability and hazard - Risk mapping - scale – changing percept of
risk – vulnerability Atlas of India. Hazard assessment - Maintenance and
modifications to improve hazard resistance; Seismic microzonation – methodology –
scale of mapping - Different type of foundation an d its impact on safety.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES: 1. Kameswara Rao, N.S.V., Dynamics soil tests and applications, Wheeler
Publishing - New Delhi, 2000.
2. Krammer S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice
Hall,Iinternational Series, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
3. Kameswara Rao, Vibration Analysis and Foundation Dynamics, Wheeler
Publishing, New Delhi, 1998.
4. Mc Guire, R.K. Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute, 2004.
5. Mahanti, N.C. Samal, S.K. Datta, P. Nag.N.K., Diaster Management, Narosa
Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 2006.
6. Wai-Fah Chen and Cgharles Scawthem, Earthquake Engineering Hand book,
Caspress,2003.
7. Robert W. Day, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Hand book, McGraw
Hill, 2002.