CE/GE 181

CE/GE 181 - Engineering Seismology

Fall 2002


Instructor

Prof. Thomas H. Heaton
221 Thomas
heatont@institute.caltech.edu
626-395-6897/4232


Teaching Assistant

John Clinton
014 Thomas
jclinton@caltech.edu
626-395-4112
TA hours: none reserved - see me after class, or in Rm 110 Th, or e-mail for appmt.


Lectures

Mon 1-2pm
Wed 12-1pm
Fri 1-2pm
@ 206 Thomas Lab.


Grading

Course Syllabus


How Earthquakes affect the built environment
From the Catalogue...
9 units (3-0-6)
Characteristics of potentially destructive earthquakes from the engineering point of view.
Determination of location and size of earthquakes; magnitude, intensity, frequency of occurrence;
Engineering implications of geological phenomena, including earthquake mechanisms, faulting, fault slippage,
and effects of local geology on earthquake ground motion.

In more detail:
  1. Single Degree of Freedom Linear Oscillator (SDOF)
    2.        impulse responses
       convolution
       properties of convolution
       deconvolution
  2. Seismographic Systems
    3.        dynamic range
       seismometers
       poles and zeros
       broad-band seismometers
       deriving ground motion from seismograms
  3. Waves in an Elastic Whole Space
    4.        equation of motion of a solid
       strain and constitutive laws
       Navier's equation
       plane P-waves
       plane S-waves
       harmonic plane waves
       spherical waves
       point force
       anelastic attenuation of a travelling wave
  4. Waves in Layered Media
    5.        planar waves in layered media
       SH-waves in two weld half-spaces
       P- and SV- plane waves
       SH waves in a plate
       planar SH-waves in a plate with a rigid base
       planar SH-waves in layered media
       San Francisco bay mud
  5. Buildings as Beams
to be continued....


Course Notes, Assignments and Exams
 
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John Clinton
Last modified: Mon Oct 7 14:27:06 PDT 2002