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COURSE DESCRIPTION

AN INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF QUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES/6221308

Course Title:	AN INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF QUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. HÜSNÜ CAN

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/husnucan

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

husnucan@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

To be able to predict earthquake behavior of RC structures
To be able to understand basic principles for the design of quake resistant structures

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Definations of earthquake, earthquke formation and earthquake features
2. Week	Seismicity of Turkey and the world
3. Week	Seismic behaviour of structures
4. Week	Basic principles for the design of quake resistant structures
5. Week	How RC consume energy?
6. Week	Irregularities in structures and methods to remove them
7. Week	Common design and production defects on structures in Turkey
8. Week	I. Midterm
9. Week	Possible crack types on structures ve formation reasons
10. Week	Investigation of damaged structures after the earthquake
11. Week	Investigation of damaged structures after the earthquake
12. Week	II. Midterm
13. Week	Project Study (earthquake resistant design oriented)
14. Week	Project Study(earthquake resistant design oriented)
15. Week	Project Study(earthquake resistant design oriented)
16. Week	Project Study(earthquake resistant design oriented)

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1) 2007 Deprem Bölgelerinde Yapılacak Binalar Hakkında Yönetmelik 2) Depremde Çökmeyen Bina Nedir ? Nasıl Projelendirilir? "Prof.Dr. Ergin Atımtay" 3) Betonarme, "Uğur Ersoy, Güney Öcebe", Evrim Yayınevi, 2001.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	2	0
Assignment	1	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	1	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	4	56
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	3	4	12
Reading	3	4	12
Searching in Internet and Library	3	4	12
Designing and Applying Materials	3	4	12
Preparing Reports	3	4	12
Preparing Presentation	3	5	15
Presentation	3	5	15
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	2	5	10
Final and Studying for Final	2	5	10
Other	2	10	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			186
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.44
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1						X
2						X
3						X
4						X
5						X
6						X
7						X
8					X
9					X
10					X
11						X
12						X

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