Computer Engineering
Bachelor	Length of the Programme: 4	Number of Credits: 240	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute

Faculty of Engineering

Course Code

CE 482

Course Title in English

Introduction to Earthquake Engineering

Course Title in Turkish

Deprem Mühendisliğine Giriş

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Flipped Classroom

Level of Course

Introductory

Semester

Fall

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation: None

Lab: None

Other: None

Estimated Student Workload

125 hours per semester

Number of Credits

5 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

Prior knowledge in homogenous differential equations and computing stiffness and displacements.

Co-requisites

None

Registration Restrictions

Undergraduate Students & Graduate Students

Overall Educational Objective

To comprehend the fundamental concepts, principles and applications of earthquake engineering in seismic analysis and design of structures.

Course Description

This course will provide students with grounding in seismology, nature of earthquakes, the causes of occurrence of an earthquake and its characterization, seismic hazard analysis, response of single degree of freedom (SDOF) structures to earthquake ground motions, earthquake design spectrum, response of building structures to earthquake excitations and seismic design principles for earthquake-resistant structures.

Course Description in Turkish

Bu derste deprem mühendisliğinin temelleri sismoloji, depremin doğası, deprem oluşumunun sebepleri ve deprem karakteristikleri, sismik tehlike analizi, tek serbestlik dereceli sistemlerin deprem tepkisi, deprem tasarım spektrumu, bina tipi yapıların deprem tepkisi ve depreme dayanıklı yapı tasarımında sismik tasarım ilkeleri konuları ile verilecektir.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) describe nature and characteristics of earthquake ground motions,
2) define fundamentals of seismic hazard analysis methodologies,
3) solve equation of motion of SDOF systems,
4) comprehend seismic design principles,
5) calculate seismic loads and deformation demands on a structure.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics	H	Exam,HW,Participation,Project
2)	An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors	S	Exam,HW,Participation,Presentation
3)	An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences	N
4)	An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts	N
5)	An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives	N
6)	An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions	N
7)	An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.	N

Prepared by and Date	BAHADIR ŞADAN , November 2023
Course Coordinator	BAHADIR ŞADAN
Semester	Fall
Name of Instructor	Asst. Prof. Dr. GÖKÇE TÖNÜK

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Introduction.
2)	The causes, magnitude, and intensity of earthquakes. Earthquake effects.
3)	Earthquake input motion. Ground Motion Prediction Models.
4)	Seismic hazard analysis.
5)	Equation of motion. Single degree of freedom, SDOF systems.
6)	Earthquake response spectra.
7)	Single degree of freedom, SDOF systems.
8)	Earthquake response of multi degree of freedom, MDOF systems.
9)	Design principles for earthquake-resistant structures.
10)	Strength Based Design & Capacity design principles
11)	Irregularities & seismic load calculation according to the current codes and specifications.
12)	Irregularities & seismic load calculation according to the current codes and specifications (continued)
13)	Special topics in earthquake engineering (isolation, additional damping, structural health monitoring etc.)
14)	Review
15)	Final Exam / Project / Presentation Period
16)	Final Exam / Project / Presentation Period

Required/Recommended Readings

● H. Sucuoğlu and S. Akkar, Basic Earthquake Engineering: From Seismology to Analysis and Design, Springer International Publishing, 2014. ● Türkiye Bina Deprem Yönetmeliği, 2018. ● ASCE 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, 2016. ● EN 1998-1: Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance, 2004. ● Amr S. Elnashai and Luigi Di Sarno, Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Teaching Methods

Lectures/contact hours using ‘flipped classroom’ as active learning technique.

Homework and Projects

None

Laboratory Work

None

Computer Use

Students are encouraged to use an analysis software to verify their solutions to assignments.

Other Activities

None

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Homework Assignments	5	% 30
Paper Submission	1	% 50
Final Examination	1	% 20
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

tonukg@mef.edu.tr / sadanb@mef.edu.tr

Instructor’s office: 5th Floor Office hours: Thursdays 14:00 -16:00 E-mail address: tonukg@mef.edu.tr / sadanb@mef.edu.tr Rules for attendance: YÖK Regulations. Missing a midterm/quiz: Provided that proper documents of excuse are presented, each missed midterm/quiz by the student will be given the average of the others. No make-up will be given. Missing term project: Faculty regulations. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours	14	1	3		56
Project	2	22	1		46
Homework Assignments	3	3			9
Quiz(zes)	2	5	2		14
Total Workload					125
Total Workload/25					5.0
ECTS					5