- Course Code :
SCM 513
- Level :
Undergraduate
- Course Hours :
3.00
Hours
- Department :
Department of Structural Engineering & Construction Management
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Area of Study :
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
Define the difference between the static and dynamic analysis.
Identify the dynamic properties of the structure.
Obtain the response of a SDOF system subjected to harmonic, rectangular pulse and general load.
Identify areas of high, medium and low seismicity in Egypt.
Identify the arrivals of P- and S- seismic waves using the record (time history) of an earthquake.
Calculate, analytically, the seismic response of SDOF systems to idealized ground accelerations (harmonic and rectangular pulses).
Recognize the peak-displacement, peak-velocity, and peak-acceleration portions of a seismic design response spectrum.
List the causes of plan- and vertical- structural irregularities of buildings.
Apply the simplified and multi modal response spectrum methods in seismic design of domestic structures using Egyptian Code for loads.
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Cases of stress and strain in plane and in space, Stress-strain relation, Energy and variational principles, Introduction to the finite element method (element stiffness matrix and force vector, general equations of equilibrium, desemesterination of stresses).
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Books:
Course notes :
Handouts by the lectures
Recommended books :
Structural Dynamics, Theory and Computations, Mario Paz
The Seismic Design Handbook, 2nd Edition, F. Naeim (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 2003.
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