Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (subject code ME02076101) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02076101)Unit 1 Earthquake Seismology – Causes of earthquake, Plate tectonics,
- Earthquake fault sources
- Seismic waves
- Elastic rebound theory
- Intensity and magnitudes
- Effects of earthquake
- Modified Mercalis intensity scale and seismic instruments
- protection against earthquake damage
- layers of earth
- theory of continental drift
- hazards due to earthquakes
Unit 2 Earthquake Ground Motion – Characteristics of ground motion, Effect
- of local site conditions on ground motions
- Design earthquake
- Design spectra
- Development of site specification and code-based design
Unit 3 Ground Response Analysis – One-dimensional ground response
- analysis: Linear approach
- Nonlinear approach
- Comparison of one dimensional ground response analyses
- Two-dimensional ground response analysis: Equivalent linear approach
- Comparison of two dimensional ground response analyses
Unit 4 Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading - Liquefaction related phenomena,
- Liquefaction susceptibility: Historical
- Compositional and State criteria
- Evaluation of liquefaction by cyclic stress and cyclic strain approaches
- Lateral deformation and spreading
- Soil improvement for remediation of seismic hazards
Unit 5 Seismic Design of Foundations, Retaining Walls & Slopes - Seismic
- design requirements for foundation
- Seismic bearing capacity
- Seismic settlement
- Design loads
- Seismic slope stability analysis - Internal stability and weakening instability
- Seismic design of retaining walls: Dynamic response of retaining walls
- Seismic displacement of retaining walls
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