CVEEN 6330 – Introduction to Earthquake
Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Dr. Steven F. Bartlett, Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Utah
122 South Central Campus Dr.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
bartlett@civil.utah.edu
GENERAL CLASS INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS
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 Syllabus
LECTURE NOTES (PRINT AND BRING TO CLASS – EXCEPT FOR LECTURES 1 AND 2)
 Lecture 1a
Introduction to Geotechnical Hazards
 Lecture1b
Utah and Salt Lake Valley Seismic Hazards
 Lecture 2
Structure of Earth, Plate Tectonics, Earthquake Intensity and Magnitude (ADDED p. 17)
 Lecture 3
Strong Ground Motion
 Lecture 4a
1-D Wave Propagation in an Infinite Elastic Medium
 Lecture 4b
3-D Wave Propagation in an Elastic Medium
 Lecture 4c
Wave Propagation in a Layered Medium
 Lecture 5
Harmonic Motion, Theory of Vibration, Equations of Motion for SDOF System
 Lecture 6a
Fourier Transforms and Non - Periodic Motion and Response of SDOF System
 Lecture 6b
Response Spectra and Design Spectra
 Lecture 6c
Design Spectra from Building Code - ASCE 7-05 Seismic Design Provisions
 Lecture 7
Dynamic Properties of Soils from Laboratory and Field Tests
 Lecture 8a
1-D Ground Response Analysis - Shake Analysis
 Lecture 8b
Development of Design Ground Motion for Soft Soils
 Lecture 9a
2-D Ground Response Analysis - Crest Accelerations
 Lecture 9b
2-D Ground Response Analysis - Deformation Analysis
 Lecture 9c
Advanced Techniques for Embankment Deformation Analysis
 Lecture 10a Liquefaction (Triggering Analysis)
 Lecture 10b Liquefaction (Settlement and Lateral Spread Analysis)
READING ASSIGNMENTS (DO NOT PRINT)
LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS - CH 1. KRAMER
 Lecture 1
2004 EERI Presentation on Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami
LECTURE 2
INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY AND GEOLOGY - CH. 2 KRAMER
 Lecture 2
The Dynamic Earth - USGS
 Lecture 2
Wells and Coppersmith
 Lecture 2
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country (Intro. Earthquakes in Utah)
LECTURE 3
ENGINEERING CHARACTERIZATON OF STRONG GROUND MOTION AND
DETERMINISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS - CH. 3 AND CH 4.1 - 4.3 KRAMER
 Lecture 3
Development of Earthquake Instruments
 Lecture 3
Introduction to Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Relations
 Lecture 3
Abrahamson and Silva Attenuation Relation
LECTURE 4
INTRODUCTION TO ELASTIC THEORY – WAVE PROPAGATION IN ROCK AND
SOIL - CH. 5 KRAMER
 Lecture 4
Elasticity
 Lecture 4
Derivation of the Wave Equation
 Lecture 4
More on the Wave Equation
LECTURE 5
INTRODUCTION TO RESPONSE OF STRUCTURES, VIBRATORY MOTION OF
SDOF SYSTEM - KRAMER - APP. A.1 - A.2
 Lecture 5
Theory of Vibration and Equations of Motion– Chopra
 Lecture 5
Elastic Systems and Other Topics - Chopra
LECTURE 6
THE RESPONSE SPECTRA CONCEPT AND ITS USES – KRAMER APP. A.3
 Lecture 6
Introduction Building Code Concepts for Engineering Design
 Lecture 6
ASCE 7-05 Seismic Provisions
LECTURE 7 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS - CH. 6 KRAMER
 Introduction to Field Methods
 Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
 Cone Penetrometer Test (CPT)
 Down hole
 Cross hole
 SASW (Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves) – Overview
 SASW (Theory)
 SASW (Field Application)
LECTURE 8 1D GROUND RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF SOILS - CH. 5.5.1, CH. 7.1 - 7.2 KRAMER
 Lecture 8a
Theory of Shake
 Lecture 8b
Guidance for Ground Response Analysis
LECTURE 9 2D EMBANKMENT RESPONSE AND DEFORMATION ANALYSES - CH. 10.1 TO
10.6.1.3 KRAMER
 Lecture 9a
Evolution of Dynamic Analysis
 Lecture 9b
Makidisi-Seed Deformation Analysis
LECTURE 10 LIQUEFACTION, LATERAL SPREAD AND LIQUEFACTION SETTLEMENT - CH. 9
KRAMER
 Lecture 10a NCEER Liquefaction Procedure
 Lecture 10b Bartlett Youd Regression Model
 Lecture 10c Bartlett Youd Regression Model update
 Lecture 10d Tokimatsu and Seed Settlement Analysis
VIDEOS
LECTURE 1
 The Day the Earth Shook (Part 1)
 The Day the Earth Shook (Part 2)
 The Day the Earth Shook (Part 3)
 1995 Kobe Japan - Building collapse, damage to lifelines and fire
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Building collapse and fire
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Part 1
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Part 2
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Part 3
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Part 4
 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - Annotations
 1933 Long Beach Earthquake
 2004 Indonesian Earthquake - Tsunami Banda Aceh Indonesia – Part 1
 2004 Indonesian Earthquake – Tsunami Banda Aceh Indonesia – Part 2
 2004 Indonesian Earthquake - Tsunami Patong Beach
LECTURE 2
 San Andreas Fault - Strike Slip Fault
 Los Angeles Fault System
 Northridge Blind Thrust Fault
 Elastic Rebound Theory
 P and S Wave Arrival from Kobe Japan Earthquake
 P and S Wave Arrival from Nisqually Washington Earthquake
LECTURE 3
 Importance of Duration
 Trenching Studies
 GPS and Earthquake Prediction
LECTURE 4
 P-Wave
 S-Wave (Shear Wave)
 Rayleigh Wave
 Water Wave
 Standing Wave
 Reflection at hard (fixed) boundary
 Reflection at soft (free) boundary
 Soft to hard transition boundary
 Hard to soft transition boundary
LECTURE 5
 1 Transverse Node with 1 Degree of Freedom
(Quicktime with Loop Turned On)
 2 Transverse Nodes with 2 Degrees of Freedom (Quicktime with Loop Turned On)
 3 Transverse Nodes with 3 Degrees of Freedom (Quicktime with Loop Turned On)
 4 Transverse Nodes with 4 Degrees of Freedom (Quicktime with Loop Turned On)
 Resonance for Single Degree of Freedom System
 Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Example of Resonance
 Bridge Damage during North Ridge Earthquake
 Weld Problems in Steel Frame Buildings
LECTURE 10
 1964 Niigata Earthquake - Liquefaction
 Liquefaction Settlement and Overturning
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
 Homework Assignment #1 (due 9/3/09 5:00 p.m)
 Homework Assignment #2 (due 9/15/09 in class)
 Homework Assignment #3 (due 9/22/09 in class)
 Homework Assignment #4 (due 10/1/09 in class)
 Homework Assignment #5
 Homework Assignment #6
 Homework Assignment #7
 Homework Assignment #8
 Homework Assignment #9
 Homework Assignment #10
project – Graduate Students only
CVEEN 6330 Design Project
MISC
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Homework 2 Example Problems
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Homework 3 NGA Relations Excel Spreadsheet
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Homework 4 Finite Difference Method
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Seismosignal
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Nonlin
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Exam 1 – Example Exam
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Homework 5 Example of Vibrations using MathCAD
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Quake/W initial conditions file for HW#11
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Exam 3 - Key