COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SELECTIVE TOPICS IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 3002 SELECTIVE TOPICS IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET UTKU

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

To learn that the building of earthquake resistant will be achieved by multi-disciplinary studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the earthquake hazard
2   To comprehend the Earthquake Engineering
3   To learn the building design of earthquake resistant
4   To learn the soil
5   To learn the Earthquake-Soil-Building harmony
6   To learn the teamwork

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Fundamental terminology related to earthquake
2 Buliding design of earthquake resistant Earthquake-Soil-Building relationship
3 The effects of seismic waves on the building Principal parameters affected the hazard
4 Soil parameters
5 Project Session-1 (Discussion of problem description): project area, project steps
6 Soil response analysis
7 Peak ground acceleration
8 Project Session-2 (Discussion of project step-1): geological and geophysical subprojects of project area Student presentation
9 Earthquake hazard analysis
10 Project Session-3 (Discussion of project step-2): civil engineering subproject of project area Student presentation
11 Soil investigation report Microzoning
12 Project Session-4 (Discussion of project step-3): industrial and environmental subprojects of project area Student presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1)- CELEP, Z., KUMBASAR, N.
Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş
Sema Matbaacılık, Istanbul, ISBN 975-95405-2-5, 1993
2)- KRAMER, S.L. (Çeviren: Kâmil KAYABALI)
Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliği
Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, ISBN 975-8640-63-1, 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation+Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To learn the course, the project is characteristic.

Assessment Criteria

LO-1,2,3; Mid-term exam (%15)
LO-3,4,5,6; Project (%35)
LO-1,2,3,4,5,6; Final exam (%50)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist.Prof.Dr. Mehmet UTKU, mehmet.utku@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Full-time

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Design Project 1 40 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1333
LO.234333
LO.3333
LO.4333
LO.5333
LO.6545555343

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