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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
INŞ 4028	EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA DÜZGÜN

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

Course Objective

Giving information about principles of earthquake resistant structural design, earthquake codes and principles of performance based design to civil engineer candidates.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To give information about causes of earthquakes and basic seismology
2	To give an information about earthquake spectra
3	To give an information about behaviour of structures during earthquake
4	Explanation of current earthquake code
5	To give an information about basic principles of performance based design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 3012 - REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES II

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction, presentation of structural damages during major historical earthquakes
2	Causes of earthquakes, faults and characteristics, major fault systems in Turkey, earthquake waves and, earthquake epicenter and hypocenter, determination of earthquake focus
3	Measurement of strong ground motion, earthquake intensity, earthquake intensity scales, earthquake magnitude, earthquake magnitude definitions, earthquake energy, earthquake iso-intensity maps
4	Concept of earthquake spectrum, derivation of equation of motion for one degree of freedom systems, construction of earthquake response spectra and its properties
5	Derivation of equation of motion for one degree of freedom systems, mode superposition method, Rayleigh s method
6	Principles of earthquake resistant structural design, safety against earthquakes, development of earthquake codes in Turkey, behavior of structures during earthquakes
7	Irregularities in earthquake code, conditions for irregular buildings, irregularities in vertical and in plan, aspects of structural system design
8	Ductility concept, determination of equivalent earthquake loads on structures, construction of design earthquake acceleration spectrum, force based design, force reduction factor
9	Equivalent earthquake force method, numerical examples on equivalent earthquake force method
10	Mode superposition method, numerical examples on mode superposition
11	Mid Term Exam
12	Torsion of buildings and center of rigidity concept, determination of center of rigidity, numerical examples
13	Rules for earthquake resistant design of RC buildings in earthquake code, limitation of interstory drifts, limitation of second order effects, capacity design principle, high and normal ductility level systems
14	Basic concepts of nonlinear structural behaviour, structural performance concept, basic concepts of performance based design

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): "Depreme Dayanıklı Yapı Tasarımı", M. Düzgün, Ö.Bozdağ Lecture Notes, "Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş ve Depreme Dayanıklı Yapı Tasarımı", Z. Celep, N. Kumbasar, Beta Dağıtım, Istanbul, 2000. "Yapı Dinamiği ve Deprem Mühendisliği", Ş.Z. Uzsoy , Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayınları, No:288, Izmir, 2001, "Betonarme", U.Ersoy, G.Özcebe, Evrim Yayınevi,Istanbul,2001, "Betonarme Yapılar", Z. Celep, N. Kumbasar, Beta Dağıtım, Istanbul , 2005, "Deprem Mühendisliği", S.L.Kramer, Geoteknik-, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara,2003, "Earthquake Resistant Design", D.J. Dowrick, John Wiley & Sons, 1987."Dynamics of Structures", A.K. Chopra, Prentice Hall, 1995. "Deprem Bölgelerinde Yapılacak Binalar Hakkında Yönetmelik", 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations, lecture notes and homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table.

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes evaluated through mid terms, homework and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attention in the class will be considered and term projects will be delivered in the term.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Mustafa Düzgün mustafa.duzgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced in the term by instructor.

Work Placement(s)