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| JFZL7214 | Strong Ground Motion Seismology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To have an information about accelerometers and their recordings. To understand the use of acceleration recordings in seismology and earthquake engineering. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | have an information about accelerometer and strong ground motion acceleration records. | 1,2,4,5 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | have an information about the appliactions of strong ground motion data in seismology and earthquake engineering. | 1,2,4,5 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to strong ground motion seismology. Accelerometers and data collection in Strong Ground Motion Seismology. Accelereograms. Amplitude, frequency content, duration and other parameters of Strong Ground Motion. Calculation and interpretation of response spectra. Parameters obtained from an acceleration recordings. Earthquake sorce parameters determined from acceleration recordings. Strong Ground Motion attenuation relations and their usage in Seismic Hazard studies. Site effect. Local site properties and their effects on Strong Ground Motion. Determination of soil liquefaction from Strong Ground Motion data. Simulation of Strong Ground Motion Data. Spatial variation of Strong Ground Motion. Interpretation of Accelereograms in terms of earthquake engineering and earthquake resistant building design. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | An introduction to strong ground motion. | | | Week 2 | Accelerometers and strog groun motion data collection. | | | Week 3 | Amplitude, frequency content, duration and other parameters of acceleration rocords. | | | Week 4 | A Fourier spectrum of an acceleration records and their parameters. | | | Week 5 | Response spectra concept. | | | Week 6 | Determination of earthquake source parameters from acceleration records. | | | Week 7 | Strong ground motion attenuation relations and seismic hazard. | | | Week 8 | Site effect, and earth response analysis. | | | Week 9 | Mid term exam | | | Week 10 | Local site properties and their effects on Strong Ground Motion. | | | Week 11 | Determination of soil liquefaction from earthquake accelereograms. | | | Week 12 | Simulation of strong ground motion and its source models. | | | Week 13 | Exam. | | | Week 14 | Spatial variation of strong ground motion. | | | Week 15 | Interpretation of Accelereograms in terms of earthquake engineering and earthquake resistant building design. | | | Week 16 | Final exam. | | | |
| 1 | Erdik,M.Ö., and Toksöz.M.N,1985, Strong Ground Motion Seismology. NATO ASI Series, D. Reidel Publ. Co.Dodrecht. | | | 2 | Cakmak, A.S.(ed.), 1987, Ground Motion and Engineering Seismology. Elsevier | | | |
| 1 | Chen, W.F., and Charles, S ,(eds), 2003, Earthquake Engineering Handbook, CRC Press. | | | 2 | Kanai,K., 1983, Engineering Seismology, Univ. of Tokyo Press. | | | 3 | Day, R.W., 2002, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill. | | | 4 | Kramer, S.L., 1996, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, Inc. | | | 5 | Kayabalı,K.,2003, Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliği (S.L. Kramer, 1996 dan Çeviri), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | 6 | Medvedev, S.V., 1965, Engineering Seismology,IPST, Jarusalem. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 25 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | | 2 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 10 | 14 | 140 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 221 |
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