| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| INS 423E |
Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering |
English |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 2.5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| The earthquakes. Why and how they occur. Ground motion. Seismic regions. Intensity, magnitude and energy of an earthquake.
Single degree of freedom systems. Undamped, damped and forced vibrations. Vibration isolation. Vibration measuring
instruments. Transient forces. Earthquake motion and response spectra. Multi degrees of freedom systems. Concept of
earthquake resistant design. Development of design guidelines. Seismic load analysis. Retaining structures. Stacklike structures. |
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