Seismic Hazard Assessment

Institution:
ROSE School
Specialisation:
EE
Term:
Fall 2010
Teacher(s):
PAPAGEORGIOU APOSTOLOS S.
Credits:
6
Date (from - to):
27/09/2010 – 22/10/2010

The course objectives are to introduce to the students the main concepts of Earthquake Source Mechanics and Elements of the Theory of Elastic Wave Propagation (Elastodynamics) and enable them to understand modern approaches to the problem of Earthquake Strong Ground Motion Prediction and Synthesis. Topics to be covered include: Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics; Seismometry; Seismic Waves – Overview; Seismic Source; Path and Site Effects – Overview; Prediction and Simulation of Strong Ground Motion; Seismic Hazard Analysis. The presentation of the topics is tailored to the needs of earthquake engineers.

Suggested readings:

Seismology

  • Aki, K. and P.G. Richards (1980), Quantitative Seismology:  Theory and Methods, W.H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Bolt, B. A. (1999), Earthquakes (Fourth Edition), Freeman
  • Pujol, J. (2003), Elastic Wave Propagation and Generation in Seismology, Cambridge University Press.
  • Stein, S. and M. Wysession (2003), An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structure,Blackwell Publishing.

  • Udias, A. (1999), Principles of Seismology, Cambridge University Press.

 

Elastic Wave Propagation  -  Elastodynamics

  • Achenbach, J.D. (1975), Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids, North-Holland / American Elsevier.
  • Graff, K.F. (1975), Wave Motion in Elastic Solids, Ohio State University Press.
  • Kausel, E. (2006), Fundamental Solutions in Elastodynamics: A Compendium, Cambridge University Press.

 

Earthquake Engineering

  • Chopra, A.K.(2007), Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall (Third Edition).
  • Kramer, S.L.(1996), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall.