Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Learning Methods

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Module Offerings

7326BEPG-JAN-CTY

Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the design of structures under dynamic loading conditions. Students will gain an understanding of earthquake generation and the quantification of earthquake effects. Students will gain a knowledge of the behaviour of materials, structural elements and composite structures under earthquake loading.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Evaluate the dynamic response of structures using common analytical techniques and apply classical analytical methods to solve the dynamic response of simple structures
2.
Assess seismic hazard, characterise earthquake actions, and hence estimate earthquake loads and seismic risk to structures
3.
Design structural elements to Eurocode 8
4.
Critically evaluate structures and their response to dynamic loading
5.
Select materials and structural forms from an understanding of sustainability and the behaviour of building materials, structural elements and global structures under cyclic (earthquake) loading.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Introduction: types and sources of dynamic loads, structural vibration and consequences, the excitation of structures by time varying loads; basic seismology, earthquake measurement and recurrence rates, ground motions, risk and hazard Single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems: motion, natural frequency, undamped/damped free vibration, excitation response, numerical analysis, Duhammel integral. Multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) systems: property matrices, eigenvalues, mode shapes, mode superposition; Foundations and isolation methods Continuous systems: longitudinal/transverse vibration; Case studies: failure under earthquake conditions, earthquake ground motion; Eurocode 1998 (EC8): Design of structures for earthquake resistance.
Module Overview:
This module introduces you to the design of structures under dynamic loading conditions. You will gain an understanding of:
  • earthquake generation and the quantification of earthquake effects
  • the behaviour of materials, structural elements and composite structures under earthquake loading
  • dynamic structural design and earthquake engineering.
Additional Information:This module provides an understanding of dynamic structural design and earthquake engineering

Assessments

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