Anna University B.Tech CE (R13) 8th Sem Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Detailed Syllabus

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Syllabus for B.Tech 8th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

The detailed syllabus for Repair and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering B.Tech (R13) eightsem is as follows

OBJECTIVES:

• To understand the dynamics of earth and to estimate dynamic properties of soils
• To develop the site specific design spectrum for design of sub structure and evaluation of liquefaction potential.

UNIT I : SEISMOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKES                 [7  hours]
Internal Structure of the Earth – Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics – Faults – Elastic rebound theory – Different sources of Seismic Activity – Geometric Notation – Location of Earthquakes – Size of Earthquakes.

UNIT II : DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS                [11  hours]
Measurement of Dynamic Properties of soils – Field Tests – Low strain – Seismic Reflection – Seismic Refraction – Horizontal layering – Steady State Vibration – Spectral analysis of surface wave – Seismic cross hole – Down Hole – Up hole – tests – Laboratory tests – Resonance Column Test – Bender Element – Cyclic Tri-axial test.

UNIT III : SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS        [9  hours]
Identification and Evaluation of Earthquake Sources – Geologic Evidence – Tectonic Evidence – Historical Seismicity – Instrumental Seismicity – Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis – Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis.

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[TOTAL: 45 PERIODS]

OUTCOMES:

• Students are able to perform site specific response analysis to develop design spectra and to do detailed liquefaction analysis using SPT data.

TEXTBOOKS:

• Krammer S.L., “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, Prentice Hall, International Series, Pearson Education Inc and Donling Kindersley Publishing Inc. 2013
• Roberto Villaverde, “Fundamental Concepts of Earthquake Engineering”,CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.

REFERENCES:

• Kameswara Rao, N.S.V., “Dynamics soil tests and applications”, Wheeler Publishing – New Delhi, 2000.
• Kameswara Rao, “Vibration Analysis and Foundation Dynamics”, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 1998.
• McGuire, R.K. “Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis Earthquake Engineering” Research Institute, 2004.
• Mahanti, N.C. Samal, S.K. Datta, P. Nag.N.K., “Diaster Management”, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 2006.
• Wai-Fah Chen and Cgharles Scawthem, “Earthquake Engineering Hand book”, Caspress, 2003.
• Robert W. Day, “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” Hand book, McGraw Hill, 2002.

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