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Week TOPICS
1 Introduction, Nature of Dynamic Loads, Earthquakes
2 Holiday Break
3 Vibration Principles (Undamped and Damped SDOF systems), Vibration attenuation
4 Wave Propogation
5 Dynamic Soil Characteristics and Measurment of Dynamic Soil Properties
6 Stress-Strain Models of Cyclically Loaded Soils
7 Dynamic Strength of Cohesive and Non-Cohesive Soils under Cyclic Loading
8 Midterm
9 Undrained strength of soils under dynamic loads (flow liquefaction, cyclic mobility, level ground liquefaction)
10 Liquefaction induced ground deformations
11 Ground Response Analysis
12 Site Amplification/Deamplification, Response Spectra
13 Software Program EduSHAKE, Ground Response Analysis Design Guidelines
14 Sesimic Behavior of Slopes and Embankments
15 Project Presentations |