Geop.805 ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY (3 C.H)
Earthquake generation, earth structure, plate tectonics, fault rupture and elastic rebound, seismic waves and phases, Earthquake oberservations, seismographs and seismograms, hypocentral location, fault plan solution, magnitude and seismic moments, instrumental and historical seismicity. Elements of seismic hazards, surface fault rupture, tsunami, liquefaction, landslides, ground shaking. Earthquake strong motion, intensity scales and isoseismal maps, accelerographs and accelerograms, strong-motion parameters, response spectra, ground-motion prediction equations, near- source effects. Introduction to seismic hazards analysis.
Books Recommended:
- An introduction to the seismology earthquakes and earth structures by Stein S. and Wysession, M., 2002, Blackwell.
- Geotechnical engineering by Kramer, S. L., 1996, Prentice Hall.
- Earthquakes, 4th edition by Bolt, B., 1999, W.H. Freeman & Co.
- Earthquake hazard analysis: Issues and insights by Reiter, S.L., 1990, Columbia University Press.