ENCI438-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Introduction to Structural Earthquake Engineering

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

This course introduces analytical methods and design concepts in structural earthquake engineering. The course covers fundamentals of seismic hazard and seismic demands on typical structures and components, as well as key concepts and techniques used to analyse, design, and understand the behaviour of structures under earthquake loads.

This course introduces emerging civil engineers to analysis and design concepts in structural earthquake engineering. The aim is to provide the fundamentals of seismic hazard and seismic demands on typical structures and structural components, as well as an introduction to key concepts and techniques used to analyse, design, and understand the behaviour of structures under earthquake demands.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

  • Explain the overall seismic design philosophy for structures, including key concepts dictating the choice of design seismic hazard at a site.
  • Apply the equivalent-lateral-force method for the design of SDOF and MDOF systems.
  • Apply capacity-design principles to determine the strength hierarchy of different members in an overall structural system;
  • Relate local and global ductility demands and assess the ductility capacity of a structural system;
  • Calculate MDOF system response using modal response spectrum analysis concepts;
  • Assess response of a typical building structure via “push-over” analysis and use hand calculations to confirm the adequacy of computer-based structural analyses;
  •       Critically evaluate key aspects of the nonlinear behaviour of MDOF systems, including computational concerns, soil-structure interaction effects, and other concepts.
  • Apply simplified methods to analyse and design floor diaphragms for earthquake demands;
  • Recognize the need for, and have the ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the field of structural earthquake engineering

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENCI429

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Tim Sullivan

Lecturer

Santiago Pujol Llano

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments 20%
final exam 40%
Test 40%


The core material covered in the course will be presented in three lectures each week. Students are expected to jot down key concepts and ideas as they are discussed, or illustrated with diagrams and graphs. Examples and problems will be used to demonstrate techniques and concepts, but students are expected to put in time outside lectures to refine their understanding through revision and additional reading, and to develop problem-solving skills by working through illustrative problems.

The lecture material is supported by tutorials. These tutorials provide an excellent opportunity to develop problem-solving skills in a supportive environment. Students are expected to take full advantage of these sessions. A rough guide to the amount of time students should be putting into the various parts of this course is listed as follows:

Contact Hours
Lectures 36 hours
Tutorials 24 hours
Total 60 hours
Independent Study
Lecture review and reading 24 hours
Tutorial prep, lab and homework 30 hours
Test and exam preparation 36 hours
Total 90 hours

Note: This is an indication of average expected workload. Actual time spent by students may vary widely.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Moehle, Jack P; Seismic design of reinforced concrete buildings ; McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.

New Zealand Concrete Society; Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand; Examples of concrete structural design to New Zealand Standard 3101 ; Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand, 1998.

Priestley, M. J. N. , Calvi, G. M., Kowalsky, Mervyn J; Displacement-based seismic design of structures ; IUSS Press, 2007.

Pujol, Santiago , Irfanoglu, Ayhan, Puranam, Aishwarya; Drift-driven design of buildings : Mete Sozen's works on earthquake engineering ; First edition; CRC Press, 2022.

The material presented in lectures will form the main basis for learning. However, students are also encouraged to read material that will be posted on the course LEARN page as well as the texts/reading listed below.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,164.00

International fee $5,750.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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