CIEM 534 Earthquake Engineering Spring 2011 Course Description: Basic seismology and earthquake characteristics, seismic response

of structures, principles of earthquake resistant design, seismic building codes, structural health monitoring and structural control. Prerequisites: References: 1. 2. 3. Instructors: Dr. Chih-Chen Chang Office: RM 3586 Tel: 2358 7201 Email: cechang@ust.hk Home page: http://ihome.ust.hk/~cechang Course web: http://ihome.ust.hk/~cechang/course/CIEM534/CIEM534.html Grading Policy: Homework: Exam: Contents in the lectures: 1 2 Introduction to earthquake engineering Basic seismology and earthquake characteristics Earthquake and plate tectonics Characteristics of earthquake Intensity and magnitude of earthquake Probability of earthquake occurrence and return period Seismic response of structures Seismic response of SDOF structures Seismic response of MDOF structures Principles of earthquake resistant design Earthquake response spectra Elastic design spectrum Extension to MDOF structures Nonlinear analysis procedures Seismic building codes International building code Eurocode 8 Seismic design code for buildings and structures GBJ Seismic hazard monitoring and mitigation technology Structural health monitoring Structural control 50% 50% Lecture notes Chopra, A.K., Dynamics of Structures - Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, 3rd edition, 2007, Prentice Hall International, Inc. Clough, R.W. and Penzien J., Dynamics of Structures, 2nd edition, 1993, McGraw-Hill Inc.

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