Course Contents for Scheme of Studies 2018-19

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

CE-412 Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Earthquake

Engineering

Part I: Course Information

Course Title: Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering
Course Code: CE – 412
Course Duration: One Semester
Credit Units: 3 + 0 (Contact Hrs 03)
Level: 8th Semester, 4th Year
Medium of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: None
Equivalent Courses: None

Part II: Course Aims, CLOs, TLAs, ATAs, Grading

Course Aims
 To develop understanding among students to the types of dynamic systems, formulating
equation of motion and their respective solutions
 To enable students to convert a real dynamic problem into simpler equivalent models so
that response of the system can be calculated in an approximate sense.
 To educate students with explicit design procedures and criteria for earthquake
engineering and structural dynamics, both in elastic and post elastic region.
 To apply seismic building code provisions (Building Code of Pakistan) for determining
seismic demand for structures using various methods of response calculations.
Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
The student is expected to be able to design a small to medium steel buildings according to
ASCE standards. Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Category Topics coverd

1. Remembering
Concept of Static and Dynamic force, Stiffness, Strength,
Toughness, Ductility, Stability, Degrees of freedom, Mass and
Governing Principles, Principle of Conservation of Energy, and
Energy Dissipation, Impulse Momentum Relationship. Code of
Practice, fundamental concepts in Engineering Seismology.
Implementation of ODEs and Matrix Algebra.

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2. Understanding To explain Effect of Strength, Stiffness, Ductility, Toughness on

dynamic systems. review of ground motion, ground motion
parameters. Combination of stiffnesses in series and parallel.
To interpret mass moment of inertia. To illustrate dynamic
degree of Freedom and associated characteristics.

3. Applying Applying D’Alambert’s Principle to SDOF and MDOF,

Newtons 2nd Law of Motion to formulate equation of motion,
Law of conservation of Energy for quantification of frequency.
To illustrate concept of stiffness, strength, ductility,
toughness using applied examples. To illustrate structure
assessment for ductility demand and Response Modification
Factors (R Factor). To demonstrate application of codal
provision for practicing professionals.

4. Analyzing To determine Damped and Undamped SDOF and MDOF

system response subjected to known initial conditions and base
excitations, To compare Elastic and Inelastic systems and
compare their dynamic response. To identify ductility demand,
modal analysis, modal response spectrum analysis. Time
history analysis, Case Studies.

5. Evaluating Codal Requirements, Ductility demand /capacity application

through inelastic response of structures of SDOF with Lumped
Mass. Case Studies regarding codal requirements for buildings.
Modal Response Spectrum Analysis, modal decoupling and
total response calculations and decision on participating modes
as per codal provisions. Discussions on various performance

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs)

Course learning outcomes will be achieved through a combination of the following teaching
strategies.

1. Quizzes
2. In-class activities
3. Reading assignments
4. Classroom discussions
5. Use of internet & e-mail
6. Homework assignments
7. Mid-term major examination
8. Final comprehensive examination
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9. Solved examples in the classroom

Week Weekly Lectures CLOs
MODULE 1 (FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS RELATED TO
1 ,2 DYMAIC ANALYSIS & EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING) 1, 2

MODULE 2 (FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF

2, EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION ) 1,2

MODULE 3 (FUNDAMENTALS OF STRUCTURAL

4 DYNAMICS FOR SDOF SYSTEMS) 1, 2, 3

MODULE 4 (UNDAMPED & DAMPED FREE VIBRATIONS IN

5 SDOF SYSTEM) 1, 2, 4

6
MODULE 5 (UNDAMPED & DAMPED VIBRATIONS IN SDOF
7 SYSTEMS SUBJECTED TO HARMONIC FORCES) 1, 2, 4

8
9 Mid-Term Exam
MODULE 6 (RESPONSE OF ELASTIC SDOF SYSTEMS
10 UNDER EARTHQUAKE FORCES) 1, 2, 4

11
MODULE 7 (RESPONSE OF INELASTIC SDOF SYSTEMS
12 UNDER EARTHQUAKE FORCES) 1, 2, 3, 4

13
MODULE 8 (FREE VIBRATION IN UNDAMPED MDOF
14 SHEAR STRUCTURES) 1, 2, 3,4

MODULE 9 (RESPONSE SPETRUM MODAL ANAYSIS) FOR

15 SHEAR STRUCTUTES) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

16
Interpretation of Pakistan Building Code 2007-seismic
17 provision ( selected guidelines ) through solved examples, 3, 4, 5
vertical and horizontal irregularities and codal provisions.
18 Final-Term Exam
Assessment Tasks Activities (ATAs)
Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well students achieve the CLOs.
Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course.

ATAs CLOs Weight % Remarks

Final-Term Exam 2 , 3, 4, 5 50% 2 hrs written exams

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Mid-Term Exam 2, 3, 4 25% 2 hrs written exams

Home Assignments 2,3,4,5 10% Total 6 assignments
Quizzes 1,2,3,4,5 15% Total 6 in-class tests
Total (%) 100 % The final grading is relative

Grading of Students Achievements

The grading for this course is based on the Academic Regulations criterion of the University.

Grade Grade
Grade Definitions
Letter Points
Strong evidence of original thinking; good
organization, capacity to analyze &
A 4.0 synthesize; superior grasp of subject matter;
Excellent
A- 3.67 evidence of extensive knowledge base.

Evidence of grasp of subject, some evidence

of critical capacity and analytical ability;
B+ 3.33
reasonable understanding of issues;
B 3.00 Good
evidence of familiarity with literature.
B- 2.67

Student who is profiting from the university

C+ 2.33 experience; understanding of the subject;
C 2.00 Adequate ability to develop solutions to simple
C- 1.67 problems in the material.

Sufficient familiarity with the subject matters

D+ 1.33 to enable the student to progress without
Marginal
D 1.00 repeating the course.

Little evidence of familiarity with the subject

F 0.00 Failure matter; weakness in critical and analytical
skills; limited, or irrelevant use of literature.

Part III: Syllabus, Recommended Books, Online Sources, Course Coordinator

Syllabus
The following topics will be covered in the course through lecturing and home assignments.
1. Fundamentals of Dynamic analysis. Mass moment of inertia of simple and composite
bodies. Undamped and damped vibration. Free and Forced vibration.

2. Formulation of equation of motion (EOM) for SDOF systems.

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3. Determination of Frequency of SDOF systems by i) formulation EOM and ii) Principle of

Conservation of energies.

4. Response of SDOF system due to Free and forced (Harmonic) vibrations.

5. Review of Engineering Seismology required for Earthquake Engineering . Fourier

amplitude spectrum analysis. Response of elastic SDOF systems subjected to earthquake
excitations. Response history. Response spectrum and Design Spectrum for elastic systems.

6. Earthquake resistant design philosophy. Response of Inelastic SDOF systems

subjected to earthquake excitations. Normalized yield strength and yield strength reduction
factors for an elastoplastic SDOF system. Ductility capacity and Ductility demand. Effect of
Natural time period on ductility demand. Inelastic response spectrum and its applications.

7. Free vibration in Undamped MDOF system. Modal Analysis of MDOF shear frames.
Modal Response spectrum analysis of MDOF shear frames.
8. Centre of mass and Centre of Rigidity their effect on response of structures. applications
and examples to elaborate the concept.

9. Building code of Pakistan (seismic provision 2007) procedure to determine seismic

demand using Equivalent lateral force (ELF), Modal Response Spectrum analysis (RSA) and
Time history analysis (THA) methods on multistory buildings.
10. Application of codal provisions for building with plan and vertical irregularities.

Recommended Books and References

1. Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics by Meriam and Kraige, John Wiley publishers
2. Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering  by Anil
K. Chopra, Prentice hall Publishers
3. The Seismic Design Handbook by Farzad Naeim, second edition, Springer US.
4. Class Notes and Lectures

Online Resources
1. Watch online resources for Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (such as MIT
Lecture Series etc)

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