Exploring term Fall 2023 Change

    CIVE452

    Engineering for Earthquakes and Extreme Events

    Basics of earthquake engineering and seismic resistant design loads; fundamentals behind seismic hazard maps contained in building codes; ground motion time-histories for engineering analysis; risk analysis; an examination of natural disasters and their effects on the society; basic probabilistic modeling and simulation techniques and their applications to natural disaster problems; hazard and risk assessments, post-disaster rapid inspection of damaged structures.

    Lecture: 3h

    Lab: 0h

    Tutorial: 1.5h

    Credits: 1.5