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CE 521 - Structural Dynamics D H K and Earthquake Engineering

This document outlines the course CE 521 - Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering taught by Professor Timothy Ross. The course covers topics like seismology, seismic hazards, single and multiple degree of freedom structural systems, earthquake response of linear and nonlinear systems, and building code provisions. The document also provides an outline for a lecture on seismology that will discuss the internal structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, faults, location and size of earthquakes, and significant historical quakes. Plans are presented to cover the history of earthquakes from 780 BC to the 1960 Chile earthquake, and diagrams show tectonic plates, a subduction zone, and the interrelationships among plate boundaries.

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CE 521 - Structural Dynamics D H K and Earthquake Engineering

This document outlines the course CE 521 - Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering taught by Professor Timothy Ross. The course covers topics like seismology, seismic hazards, single and multiple degree of freedom structural systems, earthquake response of linear and nonlinear systems, and building code provisions. The document also provides an outline for a lecture on seismology that will discuss the internal structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, faults, location and size of earthquakes, and significant historical quakes. Plans are presented to cover the history of earthquakes from 780 BC to the 1960 Chile earthquake, and diagrams show tectonic plates, a subduction zone, and the interrelationships among plate boundaries.

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1/18/2009

CE 521 – Structural Dynamics 
and Earthquake Engineering
d h k

Prof. Timothy Ross, P.E., F.ASCE
Department of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico

Course Outline
• Seismology and seismic hazards 
• Single degree of Freedom Systems
Single‐degree‐of‐Freedom Systems
• Free vibration, and Forced vibration; damping
• Numerical solutions
• Earthquake response of linear and non‐linear 
systems
• Multiple‐degrees‐of‐freedom systems
• Provisions of building codes for earthquake 
resistant design

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Outline for Lecture
• History of significant Earthquakes
• Seismology (slides 4‐11 from Kramer*)
• Internal Structure of the Earth
Internal Structure of the Earth
• Plate Tectonics
• Faults
• Location and Size of Earthquakes
• Significant quakes in history
• Seismic hazards
– Surface ruptures, ground displacements
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– Liquefaction, landslides
– Tsunamis and seiches

* Kramer, S. (1996) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall.

History of a few quakes
• First written record‐China 780 BC
• It l Mt V
Italy, Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii in AD 79
i P ii i AD 79
• India, 1893, 180,000 deaths
• China, 1556, 8.0 Mag, 530,000 deaths
• California, 1906, 7.9 Mag, 700 deaths
• Chile 1960 9 5 Mag largest earthquake
Chile, 1960. 9.5 Mag, largest earthquake
• Alaska, 1964, 9.2 Mag, liquefaction damage
• China, 1976, 7.8 Mag, 700,000 deaths

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Tectonic Plates (Kramer, 1996)

Convention currents 
in the mantle

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Typical Subduction Zone (Kramer, 
1996)

Interrelationships among Plate 
Boundaries (Kramer, 1996)

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Fault geometry and types

Normal fault

Reverse fault Left‐lateral strike‐slip fault

Location of Earthquakes

Triangulation from three 
measurements

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Earthquake Size
• Intensity ‐ Modified Mercalli (visual 
assessments of structural damage: 12 
t f t t ld 12
categories)
• Magnitude – Richter, Surface wave, body wave
• Moment Magnitude (large earthquakes)
• Energy (1 unit in Richter = 32 times the 
Energy (1 unit in Richter 32 times the
energy)

Relative Energy

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