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COURSE DESCRIPTION

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN/6241311

Course Title:	EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof.Dr. MEHMET EMİN TUNA

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

http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/mtuna/

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

mtuna@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Teaching the points that should be taken into account while designing structures due to the seismicity of our country
Learning the behaviour of different kind of structural systems to earthquake motions and getting idea about the principles of Turkish Earthquake regul

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

REPAIR AND STRENGHTENING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATION PROBLEMS

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Earthquakes and earthquake engineering
2. Week	Theory of seismic response
3. Week	Specifications of earthquakes and soil behavior
4. Week	Scientific problems related to prediction of earthquakes and public warning
5. Week	Design coefficients required by earthquake regulations
6. Week	Principles of reliable seismic behavior- form, material and failure modes
7. Week	Effects of seismic loads on buildings
8. Week	Tube systems, cores
9. Week	The computer analysis of shear wall- frame systems
10. Week	Shearing failure at shear walls
11. Week	Soil type and earthquake damage relationship
12. Week	Earthquake damages
13. Week	Presentations of students about research / investigation issues
14. Week	Presentations of students about research / investigation issues
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

TUNA M. E. (2000) .’Depreme Dayanıklı Yapı Tasarımı’, Ankara,Ajanstürk Basım Ferguson P. (1965), ‘Reinforced Concrete Fundementals’, New York,John Wiley&Sons Inc. Rosenblueth E. (1980)’ Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures’, , New York,John Wiley&Sons Inc.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	0	0
Assignment	1	50
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	1	50
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		40

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	2	28
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	14	1	14
Reading	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	12	3	36
Preparing Presentation	11	3	33
Presentation	2	3	6
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			187
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.48
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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