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- Graduate major in Civil Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Sasaki Tomohiro
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Tue7-8(M112)
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- Course number
- CVE.A432
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2020/9/18
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- Japanese
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Course description and aims
In this course, students learn about seismic design of soil and underground structures based on previously learned structural mechanics and geotechnical engineering. First, the students study about damage of soil and underground structures during extreme earthquake disaster and understand its mechanism. The students also learn about mechanism of earthquake and characteristic of ground motions as well as design ground motions which is important for seismic design.
Next, the students learn about basic dynamics of soil (stress-dependent nonlinear and shear strain dependent nonlinear of soil, and their modeling), dynamics of the ground and characteristics of ground response at soft soil. In addition, the students also understand about the mechanism of liquefaction and its damage, and study numerical simulations of liquefaction.
Finally, exercises based on the contents of the above learning are performed. Through this exercise, deepen their understanding and acquire the knowledge necessary for seismic design of ground and underground structures.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, each student will be able to:
1. Describe the mechanism of earthquake and its characteristics.
2. Understand dynamics of ground and characteristics of soft soil and evaluate seismic performance of soil and underground structures.
3. Describe the mechanism of liquefaction and its damage and design countermeasures for liquefaction.
Course taught by instructors with work experience
| ✔ Applicable | How instructors' work experience benefits the course |
|---|---|
| The lecturer in charge of this course has plenty of experiences on design, construction and research in the construction company, so the students can learn the seismic engineering from the practical point of view. |
Keywords
earthquake disaster, design ground motion, seismic design of soil and underground structure, dynamics of ground, liquefaction
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
In the lecture, explain mainly the technical background of design standards and the parts not explicitly stated in standards, with actual damage cases and experiment examples.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Brief introduction of the contents in the course and seismic damage of soil and underground structures and past experimental study | |
| Class 2 | Mechanism of earthquake and its characteristics, design ground motions | |
| Class 3 | Seismic design of soil and underground structures | |
| Class 4 | Mechanism of liquefaction and its experimental and numerical studies | |
| Class 5 | Practical example | |
| Class 6 | Exercise | Presentation about seismic related phenomenon described in the lecture and its countermeasures |
| Class 7 | Construction site visit |
Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Lecture notes will be handed out in each lecture.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Japan Society of Civil Engineers: Seismic design introduction to help you practice (in Japanese), ISBN978-4-8106-0731-4
Kazuhiko KAWASHIMA: Battle against earthquake – Why were the bridges vulnerable to earthquake (in Japanese), ISBN978-4-306-02464-9
Kazuhiko KAWASHIMA: Earthquake Engineering (in Japanese), ISBN978-4-306-02497-7
Assessment criteria and methods
Exercise (60%), Report (40%).
Related courses
- CVE.A433 ： Practical Seismic Design II
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
SASAKI, Tomohiro sasaki.tomohiro[at]obayashi.co.jp
Office hours
In the classroom after class.
Other
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