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| Code | JS401 |
| Name | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering |
| Semester | 7. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 2 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. HASAN ÇETİN |
Course Goal
To teach the recognition of seismic sources (active faults), behavior proporties of soils during earthquakes and determination of design parameters.
Course Content
Introduction, seismic hazards, seismology and earthquakes, seismic hazard analysis, peak ground accellaration, attenuation relationships, soil liquefaction, soil-structure relationships, design parameters.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Day, R. W., 2002. Handbook of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Notes
Ketin, İ., 1977. General Geology
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Determines seismic hazard sources |
| LO02 | Undertakes seismic risk analysis and determines maximum possible earthquake size and peak ground accellerations and attenuations |
| LO03 | Undertakes liquefaction analysis. |
| LO04 | Determines soil-structure relationships under dynamic conditions and designs parameters. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have sufficient background in basic geological knowledge, mathematics and science related subjects. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results. | 2 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. | 2 |
| PLO04 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Searches for underground and aboveground natural resources | |
| PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications. | 1 |
| PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date | 1 |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously. | 1 |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Entrepreneurship has knowledge about innovation issues and the problems of the age. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Recognizes and solves geological and engineering problems. | 2 |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. | 2 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Knows the formation of rocks, rock types, minerals. | |
| PLO14 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date | 1 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Draws maps and extracts geological sections by using necessary techniques and tools for geological applications. | 2 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards | 2 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, history, definitions | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Identification of seismic sources, active and passive faults, maximum possible earthquake | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 3 | Deterministic seismic hazard analysis | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 4 | Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 5 | Attenuation relationships, probability calculations | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 6 | Peak ground accelaration calculations | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 7 | Sample application; Adana-Mersin-Antakya-Maraş provinces | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Studying the subjects covered up to the exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Dynamic soil properties and measuring; laboratory and field | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 10 | Strenght of cyclic loaded soils, uniform strenght, cyclic strenght | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 11 | Liquefaction of soils, liquefaction analysis | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 12 | Liquefaction application (Laboratory testing) | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 13 | Ground response analysis; one, two and three dimensional response analysis | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 14 | Soil-structure interaction under dynamic conditions | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 15 | Design parameters; design earthquakes, design spectrums | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading the related sections in the suggested course book | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 54 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 2,16 | ||
| ECTS | 2 ECTS | ||