EQE530 – Earthquake Response Analysis of Structures – I

INSTRUCTOR : Prof. Dr. Sinan Akkar

COURSE OBJECTIVES : Understanding of basic structural dynamics under earthquake induced ground motion

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Elastic response of single-degree-of-freedom (sdof) systems in time domain (3 weeks)

Elastic response of single-degree-of-freedom (sdof) systems in frequency domain (3 weeks)

Elastic earthquake response spectra (1 week)

Elastic response of multi-degree-of-freedom (mdof) systems (6 weeks)

Basic code approach for mdof response (1 week)

COURSE NOTES AND MATERIAL

Course Notes and Materials will be provided here...

ASSIGNMENTS:

Assignment #1:

Elastic Response SDOF systems HOT

Assignment #2:

Elastic Response Spectrum HOT

Attachment #1:

NGA_723SUPERST_B_PTS_FN.col (cm/s2) HOT

USEFUL LINKS:

REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS :

Basic Earthquake Engineering: from seismology to analysis and design by Haluk Sucuoğlu and Sinan Akkar (Springer, 2014)

Dynamics of Structures (2nd edition) by Ray W. Clough and Joseph Penzien (McGraw Hill, 1993)

Structural Dynamics: an introduction to computer methods by Roy R Craig (John Wiley & Sons, 1981)

Dynamics of Structures: theory and applications to earthquake engineering (3rd edition) by Anil K. Chopra (Pearson Education, 2007)

Dr. Sinan Akkar

Professor of Earthquake Engineering

Part-time instructor at Bogazici University, Istanbul Turkey

Principal Catastrope Modeler at Turk Reasurans Inc., Istanbul Turkey

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