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    The document outlines the course content for an earthquake engineering course. It covers topics like seismology, earthquake response of linear and nonlinear structures, soil-structure interaction, base isolation, and seismic design philosophies. It also lists 21 reference books for further reading on earthquake engineering topics.

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    ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

    ADDI ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


    SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

    CE 6506 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING March 2023


    Second Semester - 2022/23 A.Y. (2015 EC)

    COURSE OUTLINE

    1. Seismological Background
     Seismicity
     Earthquake Faults and waves
     Structure of the earth and plate tectonics
     Measures of Earthquake Size and Intensity
    2. Free-Field Ground Motion and Earthquake response of linear SDOF systems
     Response history and response spectrum concept
     Construction and characteristics of response spectrum
     Peak structural response from response spectrum
     Elastic design spectrum
    3. Earthquake response of nonlinear SDOF systems
     Force deformation relations
     Normalized Yield strength, yield reduction factor and ductility factor
     Responses spectrum for yield deformation and yield strength
     Inelastic design spectrum
    4. Earthquake analysis of MDOF linear systems (RHA and RSA)
     Response History Analysis (RHA)
     Modal analysis
     Multistory buildings with symmetric and unsymmetric plan
     Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA)
     Peak response from earthquake response spectrum
     Multistory buildings with symmetric and unsymmetric plan
    5. Earthquake response and design of multistory buildings
     Earthquake response of linearly elastic buildings
     Influence of fundamental period an stiffness ratio on response
     How many modes are significant to the total response
     Earthquake response of linearly inelastic buildings
     Allowable ductility and ductility demand
     Buildings with soft story
    6. Basic Concepts in Earthquake resistant design
     Structural configurations for earthquake resistance
     Criteria for earthquake resistant design
     Basic design guidelines (lessons from past EQ)
    7. Seismic Design Philosophies and Seismic Design in Building codes
     Overview of seismic design philosophies
     Building codes and structural dynamics
     EN 1998:2004/ ES EN 1998:2015
     EBCS 8: 1995
     UBC 94 / IBC 2003
    8. Earthquake response of soil-structure systems
     Dynamic analysis of soil-structure systems
     Influence of local soils (site effects)
     Liquefaction of soils
     Soil models for dynamic analysis
     Soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis
    9. Base Isolation and Structural Controls
     Base isolation systems
     Effectiveness of base isolation
     Structural control/Energy dissipative devices
     Passive controls
     Active controls
     Hybrid controls/Semi-active controls
    10. Additional Topics
     Experimental setups for seismic performance evaluations
     Vulnerability assessment and seismic retrofitting of structures
     Lateral force resisting systems for tall structures
     Seismic performance and EQ resistance Design of RC, steel, masonry and timber structures

    References
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    Prentice Hall, 2020.
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    3. Wiegel, R. L., Earthquake Engineering, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1970.
    4. Newmark N. M. and Rosenblueth E., Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering,
    Prentice-Hall Inc., 1971.
    5. Borzorgnia, Y, &Bertero V., Earthquake Engineering: From Seismology to Performance
    Based Design, CRC Press, 2006.
    6. Estrada, H. and Lee, L. S., Introduction to Earthquake Engineering, CRC Press, 2017.
    7. Elnashai A. S. & Di Sarno L., Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, John Wiley
    and Sons, 2008.
    8. Chen W.-F. and Scawthorn C., Earthquake Engineering Handbook, CRC Press,2002.
    9. Gioncu, V. and Mazzolani, F., Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design, Spon Press, 2011
    10. Dorwick D. J., Earthquake Risk Reduction, John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
    11. Penelis G. G. and Kappos A. J., Earthquake resistant Design Concrete Structures, E & FN SPON, 1995.
    12. Penelis G. G. and Penelis G. G., Concrete Buildings in Seismic Region, CRC Press, 2014.
    13. Paulay T. and Priestley M. J. N., Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings, John
    Wiley and Sons Inc. 1992.
    14. Fardis M. N., Carvalho, E. C., Fajfar, P., Pecker, A., Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings to Eurocode
    8, CRC Press, 2015.
    15. Fardis M. N., Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting of Concrete Buildings: Based on EN-
    Eurocode 8, Springer, 2009.
    16. Naeim, F., Seismic Design Handbook, 2ndEdition, Kluer Press, 2001.
    17. Kramer, S. L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1996
    18. Ghosh S. K. and Fanella D. A., Seismic and Wind Design of Concrete Buildings, International Code
    Council Inc., 2003.
    19. Antoniou, S., Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings, John Wiley and Sons, 2023.
    20. Priestley M. J. N., Calvi, G. M. and Kowalsky, M. J., Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Structures,
    IUSS Press, 2007
    21. Ali Khan, M, Earthquake-Resistant Structures Design, Build, and Retrofit, Elsevier Inc., 2013
    22. Any other Structural Dynamics or Earthquake Engineering Book.
    Adil Zekaria (Dr.-Ing.)

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