Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
ICAR/08 (CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR MITIGATION OF RISK FROM NATURAL HAZARDS
Curriculum
Reduction of seismic risk
Period
1st semester (23/09/2019 - 16/10/2019)
Lesson hours
51 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Calculus, linear algebra, matrix structural analysis
Learning outcomes
To learn principles of dynamics of structures using finite elements and introduction to earthquake engineering
Course contents
-Equation of motion for SDOF systems, irs solution
-Free vibration response, viscous damping
-Response to harmonic excitation
-Response to general excitation
-Numerical evaluation of dynamic response
-Generalised SDOF systems
-Equations of motion for MDOF systems
-Free vibration analysis
-Modal expansion, damping in structures, damping matrix
-Modal response analysis of undamped systems
-Modal response analysis of damped systems
-Torsional response of 3D systems
Teaching methods
a)Lecture: 3 hours per day from Tuesday to Thursday.
b)Tutorial: 4 hours per week.
Reccomended or required readings
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Assessment methods
a) homework
b) final exam
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