JS401 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

2 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 7. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Code JS401
Name Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 7. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 2 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. HASAN ÇETİN
Course Instructor Prof. Dr. HASAN ÇETİN (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

To teach the recognition of seismic sources (active faults), behavior proporties of soils during earthquakes and determination of design parameters.

Course Content

Introduction, seismic hazards, seismology and earthquakes, seismic hazard analysis, peak ground accellaration, attenuation relationships, soil liquefaction, soil-structure relationships, design parameters.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Day, R. W., 2002. Handbook of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Notes

Ketin, İ., 1977. General Geology


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Determines seismic hazard sources
LO02 Undertakes seismic risk analysis and determines maximum possible earthquake size and peak ground accellerations and attenuations
LO03 Undertakes liquefaction analysis.
LO04 Determines soil-structure relationships under dynamic conditions and designs parameters.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have sufficient background in basic geological knowledge, mathematics and science related subjects. 3
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results. 2
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. 2
PLO04 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Searches for underground and aboveground natural resources
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications. 1
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date 1
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously. 1
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Entrepreneurship has knowledge about innovation issues and the problems of the age.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Recognizes and solves geological and engineering problems. 2
PLO11 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications.
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. 2
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Knows the formation of rocks, rock types, minerals.
PLO14 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date 1
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Draws maps and extracts geological sections by using necessary techniques and tools for geological applications. 2
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards 2


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction, history, definitions Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 Identification of seismic sources, active and passive faults, maximum possible earthquake Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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3 Deterministic seismic hazard analysis Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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4 Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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5 Attenuation relationships, probability calculations Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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6 Peak ground accelaration calculations Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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7 Sample application; Adana-Mersin-Antakya-Maraş provinces Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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8 Mid-Term Exam Studying the subjects covered up to the exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Dynamic soil properties and measuring; laboratory and field Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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10 Strenght of cyclic loaded soils, uniform strenght, cyclic strenght Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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11 Liquefaction of soils, liquefaction analysis Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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12 Liquefaction application (Laboratory testing) Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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13 Ground response analysis; one, two and three dimensional response analysis Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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14 Soil-structure interaction under dynamic conditions Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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15 Design parameters; design earthquakes, design spectrums Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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16 Term Exams Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Reading the related sections in the suggested course book Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
Final Exam 1 8 8
Total Workload (Hour) 54
Total Workload / 25 (h) 2,16
ECTS 2 ECTS

Update Time: 13.05.2024 02:50