Basics of Earthquake Engineering, Seismology & Seismic Risks
What you'll learn
- Basics and general concepts of seismology, earthquake engineering and seismic risks
- Earth structure and layers, plate tectonic, continent movements
- Fault types and mechanism
- Seismic waves and seismograph and earthquake record
- Earthquake epicentre and locations
- Earthquake scales
- World seismicity
- Phenomena during and after the earthquake
- Seismograph key parameters
- Gutenberg–Richter law
- Response spectrum
- Seismic Analysis Methods
- Earthquake risk and parameters
- Effect of earthquake on built environment and human
- Effect of earthquake on buildings
- Earthquake mitigation measures
Requirements
- Structural analysis and physics in a basic level.
Description
This course, includes the basics of earthquake engineering, seismic analysis methods, seismology and seismic risks of built environments.
In this course, you will learn about:
1- Seismology, earth structure, and layers and plate tectonics and continent movements which are the main cause of earthquakes. After that, I will focus on faults and different types of the faults that can cause damage.
2- How scientists record the earthquakes and different seismic waves which are very important for earthquake engineers.
3- How to find the earthquake epicentre and what are the different seismic scales.
4- World's seismicity followed by the phenomena during and after the earthquakes.
5- Seismograph parameters and Gutenberg Richter law.
6- How to calculate earthquake return period
7- Earthquake response spectrum.
8- All the seismic analysis methods of structures such as equivalent static analysis, response spectrum analysis and time history analysis.
9- Seismic risk parameters and how to reduce these risks.
10- The impacts of the built environments and humans and the economic aspect of earthquakes.
11- Different mitigation measures in order to reduce earthquake risk.
By the end of this course, you will get a deep understanding of earthquake engineering, seismic analysis methods, seismology, and seismic risks of built environments.
THIS COURSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR:
· Earthquake engineering students
· Geotechnical engineering students
· Civil engineering students
· Structural engineering students
Who this course is for:
- Civil and geotechnical engineering students
- Structural and earthquake engineering students
- Graduate engineers
- Structural and geotechnical engineers ranging from beginners to intermediate level who would like to refresh their knowledge and get a practical knowledge of seismic loads
Instructor
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