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 421-412 Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Credit Points

7.1

Prerequisites

421-311 Structural Analysis 2

Semester

2

Contact

24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of practical classes

Subject Description

Students completing this unit will be able to analyse for the structural response of buildings to a variety of dynamic loading conditions.

Topics covered include: Introduction to structural dynamics and modelling techniques. Response of structures to a variety of dynamic loading including wind, earthquake, fluid, machine induced, impulse and other loads. Assessment of serviceability and ultimate limit states for dynamic loading.

Assessment

One three-hour examination at the end of the Semester (70%) and two assignments each of 3000 words or equivalent (30%)



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