Seismology to Earthquake Engineering
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Seismology to Earthquake Engineering at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Seismology to Earthquake Engineering at Coursera Highlights
- Flexible deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Seismology to Earthquake Engineering at Coursera Course details
- This course ranges from the earth structure, the generation of earthquakes and seismic waves by faults to the seismic response of soils, foundations and structures as well as seismic risk. It is consequently aimed at undergraduates, graduates and professionals interested in engineering seismology, earthquake engineering or seismic risk. It investigates various technical fields: rock mechanics, soil dynamics, structural dynamics and dynamic soil-structure interaction.
- Various types of sessions are proposed: regular sessions describing a phenomenon or explaining its basic principles, lab sessions illustrating concepts through simple experiments (fault motion, liquefaction, resonant column tests, shaking table tests) and research topics focusing on advanced topics from various research fields (e.g. magnet-Earth, seismicity of Mars, seismic sensors, probabilistic approaches). Several quizzes, as well as 3 mini-projects, will allow you to check your knowledge and assess your understanding of the various topics.
Seismology to Earthquake Engineering at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction
Seismology to Earthquake Engineering Teaser
1.1 Introduction to seismology and earthquake engineering
1.2 Exploring the Earth
1.3 Fundamentals of tectonics
1.4 Fault mechanics
1.5 Fault radiation
1.6 Seismicity
1.7 Rock behaviour in the lab
1.8 Controlling seismic faults
1.9 Earth is a huge magnet (part 1)
1.9 Earth is a huge magnet (part2)
1.10 Exploring Mars structure
Quiz 1A
Quiz 1B
Week 2 - Seismic waves and ground motion
2.1 Observation of seismic ground motion
2.2 Propagation of seismic waves
2.3 Seismic site effects
2.4 Seismic wave amplification (1D)
2.5 Seismic wave amplification (2D/3D)
2.6 Soil and site characterization
2.7 Measuring and observing earthquakes
2.8 What about marsquakes?
Quiz 2
Mini-project 2
Week 3 - Seismic response of soil and structures
3.1 Soil linear behaviour
3.2 Soil nonlinear behaviour
3.3 Seismic soil response
3.4 Simplified analysis of soil response
3.5 Application of the response spectrum
3.6 Eigenmodes and modal superposition
3.7 Recombining eigenmodes and directions
3.8 Resisting seismic motion by isolation
3.9 In situ characterization of complex structures
3.10 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment
Quiz 3A
Quiz 3B
Mini-project 3
Week 4 - Complex structures and non linearities
4.1 Dynamic soil-structure interaction
4.2 Soil-Foundation-Structure interaction
4.3 Dynamic soil behaviour in the lab
4.4 Typical nonlinear material behaviors
4.5 Behaviour and failure of structures
4.6 Nonlinear behavior of structures
4.7 Pushover analysis and capacity design
4.8 Time-history analysis of discrete systems
Quiz 4
Mini-project 4
Week 5 - Seismic risk
5.1 Introduction to seismic risk
5.2 Vulnerability and damage
5.3 Vulnerability of masonry structures
5.4 Dynamic testing of structures
5.5 Seismic fragility curves
5.6 Bayesian updating of seismic fragility curves
5.7 Catastrophe and loss modelling
Quiz 5
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