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ME02000281
Code: ME02000281
Credits: 4
Semester 2
C(E
Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures (subject code ME02000281) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 62 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 (ME02000281)Unit 1 Earthquake Ground Motion
- Engineering seismology - Causes of earthquakes
- seismic waves
- intensity and energy release
- Seismic zoning map of India - Strong motion studies in India - Strong motion characteristics - Evaluation of seismic design parameters
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Subject Code: ME02000281 Subject Name: Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
Unit 2 Concepts of earthquake resistant design & Effects of Irregularities in RC Structures
- Earthquake Resistant Design Philosophy
- Earthquake Proof v/s Earthquake Resistant Design
- four virtues of good earthquake resistant structures (strength
- ductility and configuration)
- Earthquake resistant building architecture
- Effect of various structural irregularities like improper Load Transfer Path
- Floating Columns
- Short Column
- Soft Storey
- Improper gap between adjacent structures (Pounding)
- Eccentric loading
- Unsymmetrical plan/elevation
- Setbacks and Improper Detailing of reinforcement on performance of RCC buildings during earthquakes
- Effect of Masonry Infill Walls
- Performance of buildings in past earthquakes
- Identification of seismic damages & Lessons learnt from past earthquakes
Unit 3 Lateral Load Distribution, Seismic analysis and modeling of RCC structures
- Rigid diaphragm effect
- centers of mass and stiffness
- lateral load distribution in torsionally coupled and uncoupled system
- Lateral load resisting systems- moment resisting frame
- Building with shear wall system
- building with dual system
- Code based procedure for determination of design lateral loads - Seismic analysis procedure as per IS 1893 code - Equivalent static force method - Response spectrum method - Time history analysis - Advantages and disadvantages of these methods
- Estimation of earthquake forces using equivalent static force method & response spectrum method as per IS:1893- 2016
- Calculation of design horizontal seismic base shear and story drift
- Mathematical modeling of multi-storey RCC buildings with Infill walls
Unit 4 Ductile design of RCC buildings
- Impact of ductility
- Requirements for ductility
- Assessment of ductility– Member/element ductility
- Structural ductility
- Factor affecting ductility
- Ductility considerations as per IS 13920-2016
- Design and detailing of typical flexural member
- typical column
- footing and beam-column joint as per IS13920-2016
- Importance of Beam Column Joints
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Subject Code: ME02000281 Subject Name: Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
Unit 5 Earthquake resistant design of RCC structures
- Development of structural framing plan from architectural plan
- Ductility considerations - Earthquake resistant design & detailing of multi-storey RCC buildings and shear walls based on Capacity Design Concept - IS 13920-2016
- 3D modeling and analysis of RC Framed Building Structures under design load combinations including earthquake loads using standard commercial software such as STAAD Pro, SAP/ETABS etc
- Post-processing of analysis results for design of structural Elements
- Comparison with design output of the software
Unit 6 Structural controls
- Active & Passive Controls systems & their suitability
- Passive Control Systems: Base isolation of structures
- Considerations for seismic isolation
- Basic elements of seismic isolation
- seismic isolation design principle
- Feasibility of seismic isolation
- Seismic-isolation configurations
- IS 1893 Part VI Characteristics of Viscous Dampers
- Visco-Elastic Dampers
- Yielding Dampers
- Tuned Mass Dampers
- Tuned Liquid Dampers
- Friction Pendulum Dampers
- MR Dampers etc. & their suitability Concepts of Active
- Semi-active & Hybrid Control Systems Application of controls in design of structures
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