Yozgat Bozok University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
JMİ443	GEOTECTONIC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To teach the recognition of seismic sources (active faults), behavior proporties of soils during earthquakes and determination of design parameters.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doc.Dr. Ersin KOLAY

Learning Outcomes

1	Determines seismic hazard sources
2	UndertakeS seismic risk analysis and determines maximum possible earthquake size and peak ground accellerations and attenuations
3	Undertakes liquefaction analysis
4	Determines soil-structure relationships under dynamic conditions and designs parameters.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Introduction, seismic hazards, seismology and earthquakes, seismic hazard analysis, peak ground accellaration, attenuation relationships, soil liquefaction, soil-structure relationships, design parameters

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction, history, definitions
2	Identification of seismic sources, active and passive faults, maximum possible earthquake
3	Deterministic seismic hazard analysis
4	Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
5	Attenuation relationships, probability calculations
6	Peak ground accelaration calculations
7	Sample application; Adana-Mersin-Antakya-Maraş provinces
8	Midterm Exam
9	Dynamic soil properties and measuring; laboratory and field
10	Strenght of cyclic loaded soils, uniform strenght, cyclic strenght
11	Liquefaction of soils, liquefaction analysis
12	Liquefaction application (Laboratory testing
13	Ground response analysis; one, two and three dimensional response analysis
14	Soil-structure interaction under dynamic conditions
15	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prantice Hall, 1996 Day, R., 2002. Handbook of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	6	6
Final Examination	1	6	6
Attending Lectures	2	14	28
Practice	4	14	56
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	4	4	16
Individual Study for Final Examination	4	4	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			128

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