COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5010 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HIKMET HÜSEYIN ÇATAL

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aim to sruntinize Turkish Earthquake Codes and discuss the terms of ductility and structural irregularity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To give information about Turkish Earthquake Codes.
2   To apply the specification for structures to be built in disaster areas to structural systems
3   To rebuilt and analyze the models recent studies in teh literature.
4   To explain the dynamic behaviour of structural system by using examples
5   To compare the earthquake codes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, definition
2 Earthquake paraneters, examples
3 Building Earthquake codes in Turkey
4 Aims and scope of building earthquake code in Turkey
5 Irregular buildings, Irregular definitions
6 Earthquake forces, building importanat factor (I), ductility conditions, equivalenc earthquake forces.
7 Earthquake performance buildings
8 Mid-term examination
9 Classification of reinfortced concrete structural systems.
10 Principles design of reinforced concrete structures for earthquake resistance
11 Principles design of steel structures for earthquake resistance
12 Principles design of masanory structures for earthquake resistance
13 Rules of architectural project.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
1.) Clough R.W., Penzien J.,Dynamics of structures, McGraw-Hill Book Co.,Singapore, 1993.

Supplementary Books:
1.) Çatal H.H., Yapı ve deprem mühendisliğinde matris yöntemler, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın Nop:291, Izmir,2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

One mid-term examination will be executed at the 8th week.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-LO5: Al learning outcomes are evaluated by written questions of midterm and final examinations.
LO3-LO5:Are considered with the homework reports that will be derived by the students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is impaortant. Continuity of performance in the homework that will be delivered is followed by the faculty member.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Professor Hikmet Hüseyin Çatal
e-mail:huseyin.catal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Thursdays, From 13:00 to 16:00 hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.13542
LO.2543
LO.3345
LO.44532
LO.554

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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