Syllabus

JNTUK B. Tech Earthquake Resistant Design (Elective-III) for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Earthquake Resistant Design gives you detail information of Earthquake Resistant Design R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

Lecture : 3 hrs/Week : —– Internal Assessment : Marks
Tutorial : 1 Hrs / Week : —– Semester End Examination : Marks
Practical : — Credits : 3

Course Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is:

  • Familiarize Students with Engineering Seismology
  • Equip student with concepts of Structural Dynamics
  • Understand Concepts of Seismic Design
  • Familiarize with Design philosophies for Seismic loading
  • Familiarize students with various IS codal provisions for ductile design and detailing

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to

  • Explain fundamentals of Engineering Seismology
  • Acquaint with the principles Structural dynamics
  • Solve SDOF Systems and suggest ductile design
  • Compute equivalent lateral seismic loads and carryout a seismic design as per IS codal provisions

SYLLABUS

UNIT-I : Engineering seismology – rebound theory – plate tectonics – seismic waves – Earthquake size and various scales – local site effects – Indian seismicity – seismic zones of India – theory of vibrations – near ground and far ground rotation and their effects.

UNIT-II : Introduction to Structural Dynamics: Fundamental objective of Dynamic analysis – Types of prescribed loadings – Formulation of the Equations of Motion– Elements of a Vibratory system – Degrees of Freedom – Oscillatory motion – Simple Harmonic Motion – Free Vibrations of Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) systems – Undamped and Damped – Critical damping – Logarithmic decrement – Forced vibrations of SDOF systems – Harmonic excitation – Dynamic magnification factor.

UNIT-III : Seismic design concepts – EQ load on simple building – load path – floor and roof diaphragms – seismic resistant building architecture – plan configuration – vertical configuration – pounding effects – mass and stiffness irregularities – torsion in structural system- Provision of seismic code (IS 1893 & 13920) – Building system – frames – shear wall – braced frames – layout design of Moment Resisting Frames (MRF) – ductility of MRF – Infill wall – Non- structural elements.

UNIT-IV : Calculation of equivalent lateral force- Design Base Shear- Storey Shear, Estimation of Natural period of Structure, Computation of Response acceleration Coefficient- Zone factor- Seismic weight- Response reduction factors- Seismic Coefficient Method.

UNIT-V : Design and ductile detailing of Beams and columns of frames -Concept of strong column weak beams, Ductility criteria for earthquake resistant design, Ductile detailing of flexural members as per IS 13920- Longitudinal reinforcement, Shear reinforcement, Anchorage of reinforcement
Development length, Lap Splices.

UNIT-VI : Seismic Analysis and design of simple 2-storied RC Building frame – Equivalent static lateral force method and response spectrum method.

TEXT BOOK

  • ‘Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures’ -Pankaj Agarwal and Manish ShriKhande, Prentice – Hall of India, 2007, New Delhi.
  • ‘Earthquake Resistant Design of Building Structures’ by Vinod Hosur, Wiley India Ltd.
  • ‘Reinforced Concrete Design’by A. K. Jain.

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