To study the concepts of structural dynamics and earthquake engineering and thereafter impart the key knowledge and skills required to design buildings to resist earthquakes.
To develop the ability and skills to use laboratory equipment to measure the behaviour of simple and complex systems.
Outline Syllabus
Civil engineers are most accustomed to static loads.
One of the most important lessons learned from earthquake damage surveys is the difference in structure failure patterns due to static loads and those due to cyclic (dynamic) loading.
An important aspect of this module is to study the behavior of structures under cycling loading and understand how to avoid common mechanisms of failure.
Seismic waves and how to read seismographs.
Single and multiple degree of freedom.
Damping and vibration isolation.
Response of structures to earthquake excitation.
Soil structure interaction measurements using shake tables and liquefaction tank.
Design of structures to resist earthquakes according to Eurocode 8.
Critically evaluating the behavior of structures under earthquake loads using Sap2000.