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JFZ4014Surface Wave Analysis2+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face, Practical
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Nilgün Lütfiye SAYIL
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
given to principle introduction about surface waves and made to apply analysis
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : learning to the account of surface wave in geoscience, propagation of surface waves, period equations1,21,3,
LO - 2 : conceive to dispersion, phase and group velocities, transform properties of Love and Rayleigh waves1,21,3,
LO - 3 : discription to attenuations of surface waves1,21,3,
LO - 4 : comment to free oscillations and normal mods, surface waves with very long period1,21,6,
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), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
account of surface waves in geoscience, interaction on free surface, introduction of Love and Rayleigh waves, surface wave in spherical earth model, great circle path, azimuth and back azimuth, group and signal concept, dispersion and phase and group velocity, attenuation of surface waves, free oscillations, sufrace waves with very long period.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction of Love and Rayleigh waves
 Week 2Interaction in free surface of surface waves
 Week 3Love waves period equation
 Week 4Rayleigh waves period equation
 Week 5Rayleigh waves in layered medium and free surface
 Week 6Love waves in layered media
 Week 7Great circle path, introduction of azimuth and back azimuth
 Week 8Amplitude anomaly of surface waves
 Week 9Dispersion, phase and group velocity
 Week 10Phase and gruop velocities analysis of surface waves
 Week 11Interpretation of surface wave dispersion curves
 Week 12Determination of earth structure from dispersion curves
 Week 13Transformation properties of Love and Rayleigh waves
 Week 14Attenuation of surface waves
 Week 15Free oscillations
 Week 16Long period surface waves
 
Textbook / Material
1Brillouin, L., 1960, Wave Propagation and Group velocity, Academic Pres.
2Lay, T. and Wallace, T.C., 1995, Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press.
3Stein, S. and Wysession, M., 2004, A n Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Strucrutes, Blacwell Publishing.
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 30
Quiz 10 2 10
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 14 3 10
End-of-term exam 16 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Sınıf dışı çalışma 3 10 30
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 4 7 28
Arasınav 0 0 0
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 5 3 15
Proje 0 0 0
Kısa sınav 2 2 4
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 2 3 6
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Diğer 1 0 0 0
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load113