CE 524 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Fall 2007
ANNOUNCEMENT
Make sure you go through the MATLAB primer
Additional Matlab resources (source page for Matlab
Primer). Additional web tutorials
that can be very helpful
Matlab
Primer (you will need GSview)
Lecture #
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Lecture Date
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Subject Matter
Tentative lecture topics
in blue |
Required Reading (see annotated reading list below)
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Recommended
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Handouts and Lecture Notes
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Internet and Other Resources
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0
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Mon.
8/27
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·
Introduction to seismic hazards
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Introductory Slide
Presentation
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TOPIC 2: BASIC CONCEPTS OF SEISMOLOGY EARTHQUAKE
GROUND MOTIONS |
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1
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Wed.
8/29
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· Earth
Structure
· Plate Tectonics · Elastic Rebound
Theory |
· Chapter 1 (Kramer)
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Bray (1995) |
Enc.
Britannica article on plate tectonics
(for reference log in to Enc. Britannica in the libraries web page, search plate tectonics) |
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Topic One Lectures (power point presentation)
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· Educational USGS web site
Animation of P Waves, S Waves and Surface Waves
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2
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Fri
8/31
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Consequences of Elastic Rebound Theory
· Faults
and seismic sources
· Seismic waves and earthquake parameters |
· Chapter 2 (Kramer)
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3
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Tues.
9/4
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Magnitude and Intensity
· Fault
characterization
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Wells and Coppersmith (1994)
[ read the abstract only]
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4
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Wed.
9/5
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· Fault
characterization
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Appendix C (Kramer)
· Sections
4.4.1.2 (on recurrence relationships) · Youngs and
Coppersmith (1985) |
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5
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Fri.
9/7
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· Probability density functions for magnitude |
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6
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Mon.
9/10
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· Discuss
Youngs and
Coppersmith (1985)
· Surface
fault rupture
·Fundamentals
of vibration: SDOF systems (see Outline)
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· Appendix B (Kramer)
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Bray et al (1994) [two companion
papers]
Sherard et al. (1994) [very nice pictures] |
Notes on Surface Fault Rupture
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7
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Tu.
9/11
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Fundamentals of vibration (cont.)
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8
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Wed.
9/12
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Response spectra
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9
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Fri.
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Response Spectra (Cont.)
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NO CLASSES UNTIL 9-24. |
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10
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Mon
9/24
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· Time
domain and frequency domain representation of ground motions
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Chapter 3 (Kramer)
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Fourier series for a square function Demo file for computing the frequency content of a
ground motion |
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11
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Wed
9/26
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· Ground
motion parameters
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12
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Fri
9/28
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· Factors
that affect ground motions ● Shaking table demonstration |
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TOPIC 3: SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS |
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13
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Mon
10/1
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Attenuation
Relationships
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Sections 3.4 and 3.5 ( (Remember that the book is out-dated in this subject. However the discussion relevant to the factors affecting attenuation relationships is still relevant) |
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14
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Wed
10/3
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Finish Att. Relationships, start DSHA
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Sections 4.1 to 4.3 |
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15
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Fri
10/5
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DSHA
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Section
4.4 |
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16
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Mon
10/8
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PSHA
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Useful
probabilistic concepts (Dr. Abrahamson)
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17
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Wed
10/10
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PSHA
(cont)
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18
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Fri
10/12
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PSHA
(cont)
Epistemic vs. |
Epistemic vs. Aleatory (Dr. Abrahamson) Stepp et al. (2001). This is a good paper to review concepts. It describes a comprehensive PSHA analysis for a nuclear repository facility |
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19
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Mon
10/15
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PSHA:
Logic Trees Ground motion selection PSHA Example |
Kramer: Section 8.5 |
Bommer et al. (2005). On
the use of logic trees and the characterization of epistemic uncertainty
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TOPIC 4: DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES AND SITE
RESPONSE |
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Wed 10/17 |
Site response: motivation and
statement of the problem. Derivation of equation of motion |
Kramer: Sections 8.1 and 8.2 Kramer:
Chapter 5.1 and 5.2 |
Kramer: remainder of Chapter 5 (although is beyond what we covered in class, I recommend that you read it) |
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21 |
Fri 10/19 |
Kelvin
Voigt Solid Dynamic
soil properties |
Kramer: Section 5.5 Kramer: 6.4 and 6.5 |
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Darendelli and Stokoe Modulus degradation curves |
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Mon 10/22 |
Dynamic
soil properties |
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23 |
Tue 10/23 |
Evaluation
of Dynamic soil properties |
Kramer,
Sections 6.1 to 6.3 |
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Comercial sites with SASW information http://www.baygeo.com/html/sasw.html GeoVision Brochure with information on MASW and SASW |
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Wed 10/24 |
Evaluation
of Dynamic soil properties |
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25 |
Fri 10/26 |
Site
Response |
Kramer: Section
7.1 to 7.2 |
Kramer:
Section 7.3 |
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26 |
Mon 10/29 |
Site Response |
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27 |
Tue 10/30 |
Site
Response |
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28 |
Wed 10/31 |
Ground Motions in codes |
. Kramer 8.3, 8.4 . Leyendecker et al. (2000)
on MCE Ground Motion maps . Dobry et al. (2000)
on site amplification factors in the building code |
2000 IBC
Building Code (partial)
Frankel et al (2000) on national
probabilistic maps |
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Fri 11/2 |
EXAM |
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Additional notes on site
response Additional Reference: Non-linear models used for site response |
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TOPIC 5: SOIL LIQUEFACTION |
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