Subject Code: CE4L024 Subject Name: Earthquake Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Characteristics of earthquakes; Seismic Hazards, Earthquake response of structures; Mechanisms of earthquake generation and propagation, Magnitude and Intensity of an earthquake. Response of SDOF and MDOF systems to Earthquake Loading. Geotechnical Failures Due to Earthquakes, Faulting, Liquefaction; Wave Propagation. Concept of Earthquake Resistant Design, Code provisions.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Duggal S.K.Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Oxford University Press.
  2. Chopra A.K.Dynamics of Structures, Pearson.
  3. Paulay T. and Priestley M.N.J.Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings, Wiley International Publication.
  4. Bolt B.A.Earthquakes, WH Freeman & Company, New York.
  5. Kramer S.L.Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson.
  6. Dutta S.C. and Mukhopadhyay P.S.Improving Earthquake and Cyclone Resistance of Structures, TERI Delhi.