Courses

Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

General

  • Code: ΓΕΩ005
  • Semester:
  • Study Level: Undergraduate
  • Course type:
  • Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
  • The course is offered to Erasmus students
  • Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (4)
  • ECTS Units: 5
  • Exams Schedule:

Course Contents

• Technical seismology, seismicity, ground motion prediction equations. Seismic risk and seismic
hazard.
• Ground motion. Characteristics, forms, dependent factors. Duration of seismic motion and
influential factors.
• Near-field earthquakes. Effect of vertical component.
• Prediction of seismic motion. Seismic codes. Probabilistic analysis of seismic hazard. Seismic
scenarios. Response spectra.
• Influence of site effects on the seismic response, soil liquefaction

Educational Goals

Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• be familiar with the basic rules of technical seismology, rupture processes of seismically active
faults and the propagation of seismic ground motion
• be familiar with the basic provisions of Eurocode 8 that are related to the seismic design philosophy
• assess the expected seismic hazard in an area.
• make a basic analysis and interpretation of the seismic signal

General Skills

• Decision making
• Design and management of assignments
• student individual project
• Search, analysis and synthesis of information and data using the appropriate technology

Teaching Methods

Face to face.

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures52
Individual study78
Total130

Students Evaluation

1. Individual project aiming at better understanding the
teaching concepts
2. Final written exam at the end of the semester (in Greek
language)

Recommended Bibliography

  • Πιτιλάκης Κυριαζής: «Γεωτεχνική σεισμική μηχανική» Έκδοση: 1η έκδ./2010, ISBN: 978-960- 456-226-8, Εκδότης: Ζήτη Πελαγία & Σια Ι.Κ.Ε.
  • Καρακαΐσης Γεώργιος, Παπαζάχος Βασίλης, Χατζηδημητρίου Παναγιώτης, «Εισαγωγή στη Σεισμολογία», Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, 2005, ISBN: 960-431-979-5
  • Sucuoğlu, Halûk, Akkar, Sinan: “Basic Earthquake Engineering”, Springer, 2014, ISBN-10 : 3319010255
  • Roberto Villaverde, “Fundamental Concepts of Earthquake Engineering”, CRC Press, 2009,
    ISBN-10 : 1420064959
  • • [in Greek] Πιτιλάκης Κυριαζής: «Γεωτεχνική σεισμική μηχανική» Έκδοση: 1η έκδ./2010, ISBN: 978-960-
    456-226-8, Εκδότης: Ζήτη Πελαγία Σια Ι.Κ.Ε.
    • [in Greek] Καρακαΐσης Γεώργιος, Παπαζάχος Βασίλης, Χατζηδημητρίου Παναγιώτης, «Εισαγωγή στη
    Σεισμολογία», Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, 2005, ISBN: 960-431-979-5
    • Sucuoğlu, Halûk, Akkar, Sinan: “Basic Earthquake Engineering”, Springer, 2014, ISBN-10 : 3319010255
    • Roberto Villaverde, “Fundamental Concepts of Earthquake Engineering”, CRC Press, 2009, ISBN-10 :
    1420064959