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Course Name	Turkish	Binaların Yapısal Deprem Davranış Kontrolü
	English	Seismic Structural Response Control of Buildings
Course Code	DEP 518E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Fatih Sütcü
Course Objectives		1) To transfer current earthquake-resistant design approaches and the design principles to students 2) To provide the students application oriented skills by the new approaches and the design principles.
Course Description		Introduction to the dynamic behavior characteristics of buildings. Calculating and understanding the Response Spectra. Seismic energy concept. Passive structural control methods. Types and operating mechanism of energy dissipating dampers and energy transfer devices. Structural inherent damping, metallic, friction, viscous and visco-elastic dampers. Seismic isolation and role of dampers/damping. Effects of energy dissipation dampers to structural seismic behavior. Damper design and distribution in a building. Retrofitting existing buildings with dampers.
Course Outcomes		Graduate and PhD students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skills and competency in the following: 1) Introduction to the dynamic behavior characteristics of buildings 2) Calculating and understanding the Response Spectra. Seismic energy concept 3) Passive structural control methods 4) Types and operating mechanism of energy dissipating dampers 5) Structural inherent damping concept; metallic, friction, viscous and visco-elastic dampers 6) Seismic isolation and role of dampers/damping 7) Effects of energy dissipation dampers to structural seismic behavior 8) Damper design and distribution in a building 9) Retrofitting existing buildings with dampers
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Textbook		1) Takewaki Izuru, (2009) “Building Control with Passive Dampers: Optimal Performance-Based Design For Earthquakes”, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-470-82491-7 2) Chopra, A. K. (2011) “Dynamics of Structures”, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0132858038 3) Shibata A. (2010) “Dynamic Analysis of Earthquake Resistant Structures”, Tohoku University Press. ISBN:978-4-86163-114-6 4) Celep, Z. ve Kumbasar, N.. (2004) “Deprem Mühendisliğne. Giriş ve Depreme Dayanıklı Yapı Tasarımı”, Beta Dağıtım ISBN: 9789759540524
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