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CIVE452 - Engineering for Earthquakes and Extreme Events

Description

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.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-1.5

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • CIVE350 - Structural Analysis (1.5)
      • CIVE385 - Geotechnical Engineering (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • STAT254 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers (1.5)
      • STAT260 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics I (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Civil Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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