CVG 5155 Earthquake Engineering
3 units
Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Nature and characteristics of earthquake motions. Non-linear response of single and multi-degree-of-freedom structures to seismic excitations. Modal superposition technique. Simplified procedures for dynamic structural analysis. Principles of earthquake resistant design. Strength, stiffness, ductility and energy absorption requirements of structures for seismic forces. Response spectra analysis. Current design procedures for aseismic design. Recent research on earthquake engineering. This course is equivalent to CIVJ 5306 at Carleton University.
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