TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand earthquake engineering terminology properly, 2) Understand the impacts of the past and future earthquakes on structures and lifelines, 3) Estimate the design ground motions using design codes and ground motion predictionmodels, 4) Comprehend the site effects on the design ground motions.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	Yes(CE361)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	Recognition of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering by the student and understanding of soil properties and common earthquake effects under dynamic loads.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Fundamentals of vibration 2nd Week Earthquakes and ground vibrations 3rd Week Earthquakes and ground vibrations 4th Week Shear modulus and damping in soils 5th Week Response of soil layers to earthquake motions 6th Week Lateral earth pressures on retaining walls 7th Week Lateral earth pressures on retaining walls 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Mononobe-Okabe active earth pressure theory 10th Week Liquefaction of soils 11th Week Liquefaction of soils 12th Week Stability of slopes and dams under seismic loads 13th Week Dynamic bearing capacity and settlement of foundations 14th Week Dynamic bearing capacity and settlement of foundations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Reference Book: Braja M. Das and Zhe Luo, Fundamentals of soil dynamics, (3rd edition), Cengage Learning, 2015. Additional Reference: Arnold Verruijt, An Introduction to Soil Dynamics, Springer, 2010.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 2 10 Quiz 2 15 Attendance 1 5 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 2 6 12 Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 45 45 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 35 35 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 5 10 Quiz 2 1 2 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No