School of Engineering and Technology, (SET)
 
CE71.61 : Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering  3(3-0)
 
Course objectives:

Geotechnical engineers are increasingly challenged to solve the geotechnical problems under dynamic and seismic loading conditions. This course provides fundamental knowledge of soil dynamics, and practical application of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.
 
Learning Outcomes:

This includes the fundamentals of vibration, foundation vibration, machine foundations on piles, waves in elastic medium, properties of dynamically loaded soils, earthquake and strong ground motion, ground response analysis, local site effect and design ground motions, liquefaction of soil, seismic slope stability, and seismic design of retaining walls.
 
Pre-requisite(s):

None
 
Course Outline:
I.          Fundamentals of Vibration
 
1.   Fundamental definitions
2.   System with a single degree of freedom
3.   System with two degrees of freedom

II.        Foundation Vibration
 
1.   Vertical, rocking, and sliding vibrations of foundations
2.    Vibration of embedded foundations
3.    Vibration screening

III.       Machine Foundations on Piles
 
1.    Piles subjected to vertical vibration
2.    Sliding, rocking, and torsional vibrations

IV.       Waves in Elastic Medium
 
1.   Elastic stress waves in a bar
 
2.   Stress waves in an infinite elastic medium
3.    Stress waves in elastic half-space

V.        Properties of Dynamically Loaded Soils
 
1.   Correlations for G & D
2.   Field test measurements

VI.       Earthquake Engineering
 
1.      Seismic hazards
2.      Mitigation of seismic hazards
3.      Significant historical earthquakes
4.      Reasons why earthquake occurs?
5.      Faults
6.      Elastic rebound theory
7.      Other sources of seismic activity
8.      Definition of some earthquake-related terms
9.      Location of earthquakes
10.    Size of earthquakes

VII.     Strong Ground Motion
 
1.      Strong motion measurement
2.      Ground motion parameters
3.      Estimation of ground motion parameters
4.      Spatial variability of ground motions
VIII.    Ground Response Analysis
1.      1D ground response analysis
2.      2D dynamic response analysis

IX.       Local Site Effects & Design Ground Motions
1.   Effects of local site conditions on ground motion
2.    Design parameters
3.    Development of design parameters
4.  Development of ground motion time histories

X.        Liquefaction
1.      Liquefaction-related phenomena
2.      Evaluation of liquefaction hazards
3.      Liquefaction susceptibility
4.      Evaluation of initiation of liquefaction
5.      Effects of liquefaction

XI.       Seismic Slope Stability
1.    Types of earthquake-induced landslides
2.      Earthquake-induced landslide activity
3.      Static slope stability analysis
4.      Seismic slope stability analysis

XII.     Seismic Design of Retaining Walls
1.      Types of retaining walls
2.      Types of retaining wall failures
3.      Static pressures of retaining walls
4.      Seismic pressures on retaining walls
5.  Seismic displacements of retaining walls
6.      Seismic design considerations
 
 
Learning Resources:

Textbook:
Lecture notes
 
Reference Books:
Das, B.M. (1993), Principles of Soil Dynamics, Brooks/Code.
 
Krammer, S.L. (1996), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall.
 
Prakash, S. (1981), Soil Dynamics, McGraw-Hill.
 
Paz, M. (1985), Structural Dynamics, Van Nastrand Reinhold Company.
 
Journals and Magazines:
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canada
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, USA
 
 
 
Evaluation Scheme:
The final grade will be computed according to the following weight distribution:
 
Mid-Semester Exam (20%)
Final Exam (50%)
Assignments (30%)
 
Open book exam.
 
Instructor(s):
SECTION NAME