COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 4743 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIHAL AKYOL

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

To set up background information about the concepts of engineering seismology, response (earthquake) spectra, earthquake hazard, site-building interaction

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To name basic concepts of engineering seismology
2   To name and to be able to calculate the basic parameters of earthquake hazard and statistics
3   To be able to distinguish source, propagation and site parameters
4   To be able to define earthquake spectra concepts
5   To be able to define the basic concepts of site transfer function and earthquake-site-building interactions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- Introduction. Basic parameters, related to earthquakes. Primary and secondary effects of the earthquakes
2 2- Seismological background: Acceleration, velocity and displacement characteristics. Relationships between magnitude, intensity, PGA and duration
3 3- Source Effect: Beachballs of fault-plane solutions and their interpretations
4 4- Seismotectonic source zones. Source zones around Izmir
5 5- Seismic hazard, risk and probability
6 6- Propagation Effect: Attenuation
7 7- Site Effect: Amplification, resonance frequency, Transfer function
8 8- Different methods for estimation of Site Transfer functions
9 9- Surface topography and basin geometry effects on site transfer functions
10 10- Spectrum and Response spectrum
11 11- Turkish Building code: Site classification and Design Spectrum
12 12- Earthquake-Site-Building interactions
13 13- What is Macro/Micro-zoning
14 14- Regulations on preparing site investigation reports. Students' Presantations

Recomended or Required Reading

- Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1996.
- Lay, T. & Wallace, T.C., Modern Global Seismology, Academic Pres, California, 1995.
- Stein , S. & Wysession, M., An Introduction to Seismology, Earthqaukes, and Earth Structure, Blackwell Publishing, 7 Baskı, 2007.
- Celep, Z. & Kumbasar N., Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş, Sema Matbaacılık, Istanbul, 1993.
- Yüceman, S., Sismik Risk Analizi, ODTÜ, Yayın No: 41, Ankara, 1992.
- Ulusay, R., Uygulamalı Jeoteknik Bilgiler, TMMOB Jeoloji Müh. Odası Yayınları, No:38, 5. Baskı, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture/presentation, to prepare 'homework, report and presentation', midterm exam, final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks: %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Midterm exam: %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Final exam: %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Providing attendance requirements and obeying deadlines of assignments

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Nihal AKYOL
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü,
Tınaztepe Kampüsü, 35160 Buca, Izmir
Tel: 232-3017264
e-mail: nihal.akyol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 7 3 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 1 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13333454443
LO.2444454443
LO.3444444443
LO.4434444443
LO.55553554433

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

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