Earthquake Engineering 2006 Course content
Introduction
This one day course will expose participants to aspects of earthquake engineering relevant to modern day civil engineering professional practice in New Zealand. The subject matter will contain recent developments for structural designers and civil engineers and will benefit those practitioners interested in either up-skilling or engaging in a refresher course. The emphasis will be on the application of earthquake engineering principles to structural and civil engineering practice.
The one day course is presented in eight approximately equal sessions
1. What Causes earthquakes
- Basic Strong Motion Seismology
- Fault Types
- Wave Propagation
- Near Source Seismology
2. Earthquake Ground Motion
- Typical Acceleration time histories
- Response Spectra
- Nonlinear Response Spectra
3. Hazard Analysis
- Basic Principles of PSHA including site effects
- The New Zealand Scene – Background to AS 1170.5
4. Response of Multistorey Structures
- Linear
- Nonlinear
- Modal Components – Response Spectrum Analysis
5. Liquefaction
- Fundamentals
- Analytical Methods of Assessment
6. Design Approaches
- Design Spectra
- Force Based Design
- Displacement Based Design
- Displacement Focussed Force Based Design
7. Soil Structure Interaction
- Basic Principles
- Empirical Data Measuring Soil/Structure Interaction
- Implications for Structural Engineers
8. Seismic Isolation
- Concepts
- Equipment
- Design Approach
Learning outcomes
By the end of the seminar participants will have been introduced to a broad range of material in earthquake engineering. It is envisaged that they will have obtained;
- an understanding of earthquakes as they interpreted in the context of engineering
- an understanding of response spectra and how they form the basis of the design process
- an understanding primarily from a structural engineers perspective of the concepts of liquefaction and soil structure interaction
- an inspiration to consider employing seismic isolation in the next possible design project
Facilitators
Dr Barry Davidson is a lecturer at the University of Auckland where he specialises in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. He and Dr Larkin are very experienced presenters with a combined effort of over fifty years of teaching the graduate course “Earthquake Engineering”. Dr Davidson is an active researcher in the field of earthquake engineering where he has published on topics such as; P delta, design procedures, plastic hinge elongation and seismic isolation. He has a vast experience in structural dynamics and is often employed as a consultant to assist in the design for vibration mitigation in buildings.
Dr Tam Larkin specialises in geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology and he has published research papers internationally and locally on topics such as the dynamic properties of New Zealand soils, liquefaction and site response, seismic stability of earth fills and soil – structure interaction. He has acted as a consultant on a range of soil dynamics and earthquake engineering projects.