COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF EARTHQUAKE RESIDENT BUILDING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3634 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF EARTHQUAKE RESIDENT BUILDING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SADIK CENGIZ YESÜGEY

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Students will learn about the reasons and mechanism of earthquake, its impacts on buildings, measurement methods, theories of earthquake estimation. Taking precaution of earthquake effects to design various structural systems, calculation methods, earthquake codes, seismic isolation systems and concepts of urban design in earthquake regions will be handled and discussed during the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the earthquakes and their specifications
2   Recognizing various methods of earthquake measurement
3   Recognizing earthquake codes in Turkey and various countries on the world in historical account
4   Recognizing calculations methods of buildings subjected to earthquake ground
5   Recognizing the earthquake effect reduction by taking architectural precautions
6   Recognizing the techniques of earthquake effect reduction
7   Recognizing the various precautions of earthquake disaster stages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Explanations about course program 1.1. The meaning of earthquake
2 Theories and definitions about earthquake 1.1. Definitions 1.2. The interior structure of earth. The theory of plate tectonics 1.3. Seismicity and geological faults. Earthquakes mechanism 1.4. Seismic waves
3 Effects of earthquakes and various methods of earthquake measurement. 3.1. Effects of earthquakes 3.2. methods of earthquake measurement
4 Possibilities regarding the timing of the earthquake. 4.1. The various theories and approaches to predict earthquakes
5 Behavior of structures against earthquake impact 5.1. The parameters of earthquake acceleration spectrum and reaction of buildings 5.2. Main concepts of dynamic and static equilibrium
6 What is earthquake engineering 6.1. Calculations methods of buildings subjected to earthquake ground motion in civil engineering profession 6.2. What is the calculation methods of analyses 6.3. What is the calculation methods of semi-dynamic analyses
7 Earthquake codes 7.1. Earthquake codes in various countries 7.2. National and international level, the analyzes of the regulation
8 Architectural perceptiveness of earthquake event 8.1. The interrelation between architectural design and earthquake impact
9 Architectural perceptiveness of earthquake event 9.1. Formation of the buildings 9.2. Building design and structural irregularities
10 Structural irregularities 10.1. vertical ones 10.2. horizontal ones
11 Architectural perceptiveness of earthquake event 11.1. Expansion joints and structural importance 11.2. Seismic joints, carrier structure, measures to be taken
12 Building foundations design. 12.1. Soil-structure interaction. 12.2 Build the foundations of measures to be taken against earthquakes. 12.3. Building the foundations of the theory and applications of seismic insulation against earthquakes
13 Mid-term
14 Urban design problems in earthquake regions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): -
Supplementary Book(s):
- Büyükköse, N. (1986). Deprem, Bayındırlık ve Iskan Bakanlığı Teknik Araştırma ve Uygulama Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları, Ankara.
- Celep, Z. & Kumbasar, N. (1993). Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş ve Depreme Dayanıklı Yapı Tasarımı, Sema Matbaacılık, Istanbul.
- Izmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (1999). Deprem Hasar Senaryoları ve Izmir Radius Projesi, Rapor, Izmir.
- T.C. Bayındırlık ve Iskan Bakanlığı (2006). Afet Bölgelerinde Yapılacak Yapılar Hakkında Yönetmelik,
02.09.1997 tarih ve 23098 sayılı Resmi Gazete, Ankara.
- Zacek, M. (Kısaltılmış Çeviri Arısoy, E.) (1988). Depreme Karşı Yapılaşma, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası ve ULA yayını, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, technical vacations and expert conferences from the outside

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 50 (LO1, LO3, LO 4, LO5, LO6)

Final % 50 (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO 7)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cengiz.yesugey@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.65555
LO.75555

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