JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

CE853PE: ELEMENTS OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

B.Tech IV Year II Semester (R16)

Pre Requisites

Structual Engineering –II & RC Design

Course Objectives

To understand the analysis of the behaviour of structures under dynamic

loads and understand the principles of design for seismic and wind loads and relevant codal provisions

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Analyse the behaviour of structures under dynamic loads & design for seismic codal provisions.
  • Apply seismic coefficient and response spectrum methods for analysis of multi storied buildings
  • Apply concepts of ductility in the design of multi-storeyed structures
  • Understand the concepts of base isolation

UNIT - I

Engineering Seismology: Earthquake phenomenon cause of earthquakes-Faults- Plate tectonics- Seismic waves- Terms associated with earthquakes-Magnitude/Intensity of an earthquake-scales-Energy released-Earthquake measuring instruments-Seismoscope, Seismograph, accelerograph-strong ground motions- Seismic zones of India. Theory of Vibrations: Elements of a vibratory system- Degrees of Freedom-Continuous system-Lumped mass idealization-Oscillatory motion-Simple Harmonic Motion-Free vibration of single degree of freedom (SDOF) system- undamped and damped-critical damping-Logarithmic decrement-Forced vibrations-Harmonic excitation-Dynamic magnification factor-Excitation by rigid based translation for SDOF system-Earthquake ground motion.

UNIT - II

Conceptual design: Introduction-Functional planning-Continuous load path-Overall form- simplicity and symmetry-elongated shapes-stiffness and strength-Horizontal and Vertical members-Twisting of buildings-Ductility-definition-ductility relationships-flexible buildings- framing systems-choice of construction materials-unconfined concrete-confined concrete- masonry-reinforcing steel. Introduction to earthquake resistant design: Seismic design requirements-regular and irregular configurations-basic assumptions-design earthquake loads-basic load combinations- permissible stresses-seismic methods of analysis-factors in seismic analysis-equivalent lateral force method.

UNIT - III

Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Principles of earthquake resistant deign of RC members- Structural models for frame buildings- Seismic methods of analysis- Seismic deign methods- IS code based methods for seismic design- Seismic evaluation and retrofitting- Vertical irregularities- Plan configuration problems- Lateral load resisting systems- Determination of design lateral forces- Equivalent lateral force procedure- Lateral distribution of base shear.

R16 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG.

UNIT - IV

Masonry Buildings: Introduction- Elastic properties of masonry assemblage- Categories of masonry buildings- Behaviour of unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls- Behaviour of walls- Box action and bands- Behaviour of infill walls- Improving seismic behaviour of masonry buildings- Load combinations and permissible stresses- Seismic design requirements- Lateral load analysis of masonry buildings.

UNIT - V

Structural Walls and Non-Structural Elements: Strategies in the location of structural walls- sectional shapes- variations in elevation- cantilever walls without openings – Failure mechanism of non-structures- Effects of non-structural elements on structural system- Analysis of non-structural elements- Prevention of non-structural damage- Isolation of non- structures. Ductility Considerations in Earthquake Resistant Design of RC Buildings: Introduction- Impact of Ductility- Requirements for Ductility- Assessment of Ductility- Factors affecting Ductility- Ductile detailing considerations as per IS 13920. Behaviour of beams, columns, and joints in RC buildings during earthquakes-Vulnerability of open ground storey and short columns during earthquakes.

TEXT BOOKS:

  • 1. Earthquake Resistant Design of structures – S. K. Duggal, Oxford University Press 2nd Edition s
  • 2. Earthquake Resistant Design of structures – Pankaj Agarwal and Manish Shrikhande, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

REFERENCES:

  • 1. Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Building – T. Paulay and M.J.N. Priestly, John Wiley & Sons.
  • 2. Earthquake Resistant Design of Building structures by Vinod Hosur, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
  • 3. Elements of Mechanical Vibration by R. N. Iyengar, I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
  • 4. Masory and Timber structures including earthquake Resistant Design –Anand S. Arya, Nem chand & Bros
  • 5. Earthquake Tips – Learning Earthquake Design and Construction, C.V.R. Murthy

REFERENCE CODES:

  • 1. IS: 1893 (Part-1) -2002. “Criteria for Earthquake Resistant – Design of structures.” B.I.S., New Delhi.
  • 2. IS:4326-1993, “ Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Building”, Code of Practice B.I.S., New Delhi.
  • 3. IS:13920-1993, “ Ductile detailing of concrete structures subjected to seismic force” – Guidelines, B.I.S., New Delhi. R16 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG. WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (Professional Elective - V) B.Tech. IV Year II Sem. L T/P/D C Course Code: CE854PE 3 0/0/0 3

Course Objectives:

  • Introduction to modelling, identifying problems, conceptualization and using mathematical tools to solve surface water quality and ground water quality problems
  • To understand simulation, optimization techniques and multi objective programming including dynamic programming
  • To understand field applications by going through case studies which use algorithms as problem solving techniques

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Apply concepts of systems analysis for planning of water resources systems
  • Perform basic economic analysis to evaluate the economic feasibility of water resources and environmental engineering projects
  • Formulate and solve deterministic optimization models for design and operation of water resources systems
  • Formulate and solve stochastic and fuzzy optimization problems for decision making under uncertainty

UNIT - I

Introduction: Definition of system, Types of systems, System approach, System analysis and types of systems, Techniques of water resources system analysis. Systems Techniques in Water Resources: Objective function and constraints, optimization using calculus, Optimization of a function of single variable, Optimization of a function of multiple variables, Constrained optimization, Kuhn – Tucker conditions.

UNIT - II

Linear programming –I: Formulation of linear programming models, graphical method, simplex method, application of Linear programming in water resources.

UNIT - III

Linear programming –II: Revised simplex method, duality in linear programming, sensitivity and post optimality analysis.

UNIT - IV

Dynamics programming: Belman’s principles of optimality forward and backward recursive dynamic programming, curse of dimensionality, application of dynamic programming for resource allocation.

UNIT - V

Water Resources Economics: Basics of Engineering economics, Discount factors, Uniform annual series, Amortization, Comparison of alternate plans. Principles of Economics analysis, Conditions of project optimality, benefit cost analysis socio economic intuitional and pricing of water resources.

R16 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG.

TEXT BOOKS:

  • 1. Water Resources System Analysis – Vedula & Majumdar – Tata Mc. Graw Hill Company Ltd, 2010
  • 2. Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering by Charles S. Revelle, E. Earl Whitlatch and Jeff R. Wright 2004” Pearson Education Inc., New Jersey
  • 3. Operational Research by Taha, Prentice Hall of India publishers

REFERENCES:

  • 1. Loucks, D.P. and Eelco van Beek (2005), “Water Resources Systems Planning and Management – An introduction to methods, models and applications”, Studies and Reports in Hydrology, UNESCO Publishing
  • 2. Operations Research by D T Philips, A Ravindran and J A Solberg, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
  • 3. Engineering optimization: Theory and Practice, Rao, Singiresu S. New Age International R16 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG.

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