Earthquake Resistant Architecture detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to B.Arch Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of earthquake resistant architecture is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTHQUAKES 7 Earth’s structure, seismic waves, plate tectonics theory, origin of continents, seismic zones in India. Predictability, intensity and measurement of earthquake. Basic terms- fault line, focus, epicentre, focal depth etc.
Unit II
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Unit III
SEISMIC DESIGN CODES AND BUILDING CONFIGURATION 10 Seismic design code provisions. Introduction to Indian codes. Building configuration – scale of building, size, horizontal and vertical plane, building proportions, symmetry of building – torsion, reentrant corners, irregularities in buildings like short storeys, short columns, etc.
Unit IV
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Unit V
URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 7 Vulnerability of existing buildings, facilities planning, fires after earthquake, socio-economic impact after earthquakes. Conceptual design for earthquake resistance involving institutional masonry building with horizontal spread and height restriction, multi-storeyed RC framed apartment/commercial building.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- ‘Guidelines for earthquake resistant non-engineered construction’, National Information centre of earthquake engineering (NICEE, IIT Kanpur, India), 2004.
- C.V.R Murthy, Andrew Charlson, ‘Earthquake Design Concepts’, NICEE, IIT Kanpur, 2006.
- Agarwal.P, ‘Earthquake Resistant Design’, Prentice Hall of India, 2006.
Reference Books:
- Ian Davis, ‘Safe Shelter within Unsafe Cities: Disaster Vulnerability and Rapid Urbanization’, Open House International, UK, 1987
- ‘Socio-economic developmental record’- Vol.12, No.1, 2005.
- Mary C. Comerio, Luigia Binda, ‘Learning from Practice- A Review of Architectural Design and Construction Experience after Recent Earthquakes’, Joint USA-Italy workshop, Oct.18-23, 1992, Orvieto, Italy.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem, visit B.Arch 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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