Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | GEOLOGY ENGINEERING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | AHMET ORHAN (ahmet.orhan@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Teaching the earthquake hazard and risk concepts and giving the ability of performing an application of earthquake risk assesment by different methods | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Identify the basic concepts related to earthquake hazard and risk analyses both in theory and in practice |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Apply the basic information to perform probabilistic and deterministic hazard analyses to case studies |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. PO-5 An ability to acquire to design and use modern tools and products which are developed for earth sciences and engineering practices in a way that meets certain needs. PO-6 An ability to design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze results and interpret them in order to investigate problems of geological engineering. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Utilize different methodologies to carry out earthquake risk assessment for buildings and lifelines |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. PO-5 An ability to acquire to design and use modern tools and products which are developed for earth sciences and engineering practices in a way that meets certain needs. PO-6 An ability to design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze results and interpret them in order to investigate problems of geological engineering. PO-12 An ability to have knowledge about entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainable development in business life such as practices in project and risk management. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Earthquake ground motion parameters,Probabilistic hazard analysis,earthquake risk assessment,Incorporation of site effects into hazard analysis. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Historical and instrumental seismicity Earthquake source Faulting Hypocenter Epicenter Fault types | Lecturing and practice |
| 2 | Earthquake ground motion parameters: Peak values, response spectra | Lecturing and practice |
| 3 | Attenuation relationships: Intensity, PGA, PGV and SA based attenuations | Lecturing and practice |
| 4 | Deterministic hazard analysis: Credible worst case scenario | Lecturing and practice |
| 5 | Case study for deterministic hazard analysis | Lecturing and practice |
| 6 | Earthquake catalogues, catalogue completeness, seismic source regionalization, background seismicity and zone, recurrence relationships | Lecturing and practice |
| 7 | Probabilistic hazard analysis Probability of exceedance | Lecturing and practice |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Introduction to probabilistic hazard analysis with SeisRisk software | Lecturing and practice |
| 10 | Case study for probabilistic hazard analysis | Lecturing and practice |
| 11 | Incorporation of site effects into hazard analysis: Site dependent hazards | Lecturing and practice |
| 12 | Introduction to earthquake risk assessment: Intensity based - spectral displacement based vulnerabilities | Lecturing and practice |
| 13 | Loss estimation methodologies for: Buildings, non-building structures, non-structural elements, lifeline vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities for human loss | Lecturing and practice |
| 14 | Introduction to HAZUS and StrucLoss softwares | Lecturing and practice |
| 15 | Case study for risk assessment | Lecturing and practice |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, by Steven L. Kramer, Prentice Hall, 1996. | |
| 2 | Earthquake Engineering Handbook, edited by Chen and Schawtorn, CRC Press, 2003. | |
| 3 | Earthquake Hazard Analysis, issues and insights, by Leon Reiter, Columbia University Press, 1991. | |
| 4 | Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, Robin K. McGuire, EERI, 2004. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbook, lecture notes, computer and related software. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||