Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / JM 505 - GEOLOGY ENGINEERING

Code: JM 505 Course Title: SEISMIC RISK ANALYSIS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department GEOLOGY ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AHMET ORHAN (ahmet.orhan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teaching the earthquake hazard and risk concepts and giving the ability of performing an application of earthquake risk assesment by different methods

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Identify the basic concepts related to earthquake hazard and risk analyses both in theory and in practice PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems.
PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues.
PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling.
Examination
LO-2 Apply the basic information to perform probabilistic and deterministic hazard analyses to case studies PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems.
PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling.
PO-5 An ability to acquire to design and use modern tools and products which are developed for earth sciences and engineering practices in a way that meets certain needs.
PO-6 An ability to design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze results and interpret them in order to investigate problems of geological engineering.
Examination
LO-3 Utilize different methodologies to carry out earthquake risk assessment for buildings and lifelines PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems.
PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues.
PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling.
PO-5 An ability to acquire to design and use modern tools and products which are developed for earth sciences and engineering practices in a way that meets certain needs.
PO-6 An ability to design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze results and interpret them in order to investigate problems of geological engineering.
PO-12 An ability to have knowledge about entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainable development in business life such as practices in project and risk management.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Earthquake ground motion parameters,Probabilistic hazard analysis,earthquake risk assessment,Incorporation of site effects into hazard analysis.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Historical and instrumental seismicity Earthquake source Faulting Hypocenter Epicenter Fault types Lecturing and practice
2 Earthquake ground motion parameters: Peak values, response spectra Lecturing and practice
3 Attenuation relationships: Intensity, PGA, PGV and SA based attenuations Lecturing and practice
4 Deterministic hazard analysis: Credible worst case scenario Lecturing and practice
5 Case study for deterministic hazard analysis Lecturing and practice
6 Earthquake catalogues, catalogue completeness, seismic source regionalization, background seismicity and zone, recurrence relationships Lecturing and practice
7 Probabilistic hazard analysis Probability of exceedance Lecturing and practice
8 mid-term exam
9 Introduction to probabilistic hazard analysis with SeisRisk software Lecturing and practice
10 Case study for probabilistic hazard analysis Lecturing and practice
11 Incorporation of site effects into hazard analysis: Site dependent hazards Lecturing and practice
12 Introduction to earthquake risk assessment: Intensity based - spectral displacement based vulnerabilities Lecturing and practice
13 Loss estimation methodologies for: Buildings, non-building structures, non-structural elements, lifeline vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities for human loss Lecturing and practice
14 Introduction to HAZUS and StrucLoss softwares Lecturing and practice
15 Case study for risk assessment Lecturing and practice
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, by Steven L. Kramer, Prentice Hall, 1996.
2 Earthquake Engineering Handbook, edited by Chen and Schawtorn, CRC Press, 2003.
3 Earthquake Hazard Analysis, issues and insights, by Leon Reiter, Columbia University Press, 1991.
4 Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, Robin K. McGuire, EERI, 2004.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, lecture notes, computer and related software.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 10 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 7 7 49
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 7 49
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180