ECTS - Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake Engineering (CE527) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS | 
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| Earthquake Engineering | CE527 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 
| Pre-requisite Course(s) | 
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| N/A | 
| Course Language | English | 
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| Course Type | Elective Courses | 
| Course Level | Ph.D. | 
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face | 
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Observation Case Study. | 
| Course Lecturer(s) | 
                        
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| Course Objectives | To provide an overview of earthquake engineering principles as applied to the analysis and design of structures. Applicable concepts from seismology will be introduced including significant features of seismic ground motion. | 
| Course Learning Outcomes | 
                        The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Seismic ground motion, introduction to earthquakes, causes of earthquake, seismic waves, factors affecting earthquake motion at a site, prediction of motion at a site, recording and processing of earthquake ground motion, single degree of freedom systems, formulation of the equation of motion, free vibration analysis. | 
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - Introduction to earthquakes - Causes of earthquake seismic waves, - Factors affecting earthquake motion at a site - Prediction of motion at a site - Recording and processing of earthquake ground motion | Handout | 
| 2 | SDOF Systems: - Formulation of the equation of motion | 3-35 | 
| 3 | SDOF Systems: - Free Vibration Analysis (undamped and damped systems - Damping in structures | 35-52 | 
| 4 | SDOF Systems: - Earthquake response of linear systems - Time-step integration methods for linear-elastic systems | 187-197 155-187 | 
| 5 | SDOF Systems: - Time-step integration methods for linear-elastic systems - Response Spectra | 155-187 197-232 | 
| 6 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Formulation of the equation of motion | 311-353 | 
| 7 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Free vibration - Natural vibration frequencies and modes - Orthogonality of modes - Normalization of modes | 365-383 | 
| 8 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Computation of vibration properties | 392-409 | 
| 9 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Modal Analysis | 434-444 | 
| 10 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Modal Analysis | 444-467 | 
| 11 | Multi-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Response History Analysis | 468-514 | 
| 12 | SMulti-degree of freedom systems (MDOFs) - Response Spectra Analysis, modal superposition | 514-549 | 
| 13 | Seismic design loads, design spectra; ground motion maps, seismic codes | 703-728 Handout | 
| 14 | Introduction to inelastic behavior | 659-683 | 
| 15 | Final Exam Period | |
| 16 | Final Exam Period | 
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Chopra, A.K., Dynamics of Structures - Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, 3rd edition, 2007, Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Inc. | 
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| Other Sources | 2. Clough, R.W. and Penzien J., Dynamics of Structures, 2nd edition, 1993, McGraw-Hill Inc. | 
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade | 
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - | 
| Laboratory | - | - | 
| Application | - | - | 
| Field Work | - | - | 
| Special Course Internship | - | - | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - | 
| Homework Assignments | 6 | 20 | 
| Presentation | - | - | 
| Project | - | - | 
| Report | - | - | 
| Seminar | - | - | 
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 50 | 
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 
| Toplam | 9 | 100 | 
| Percentage of Semester Work | 70 | 
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| Percentage of Final Work | 30 | 
| Total | 100 | 
Course Category
| Core Courses | X | 
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses | 
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Obtain ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team | |||||
| 2 | Obtain ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning | |||||
| 3 | Obtain ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics | |||||
| 4 | Obtain ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions | |||||
| 5 | Obtain ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems | |||||
| 6 | Obtain ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level | |||||
| 7 | Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area | |||||
| 8 | Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload | 
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | 
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 | 
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 6 | 3 | 18 | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 8 | 16 | 
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 | 
| Total Workload | 125 | ||
