SE 221. Earthquake Engineering

Course Material & Homework
  1. Earthquake Engineering Course Syllabus (pdf)

  2. Earthquake San Diego Danger Zones (pdf)

    Assignment 1: "Earthquake San Diego Danger Zones"

  3. Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) and Response Spectrum (pdf)


    SDOF and Response Spectrum Review Questions (pdf)

  4. Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) Numerical Methods (pdf)

    Spreadsheet for the Time Domain Solution for an SDOF System

    - Step-by-step Procedure for Spreadsheet (pdf)
    - El Centro Acceleration Time History (txt)
    - El Centro Acceleration Vector only (txt)
    - Other Earthquake input motions
    - Results from Spreadsheet (pdf)
    - Creating a Sine Wave in Excel (pdf)
    - Generating a Square Wave in Exel (pdf)

    Assignment 2: "1st Webshaker Project" (pdf)
    Assignment 3: "Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) Numerical Methods" (pdf)
    Assignment 4: "Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) and Response Spectrum" (pdf)
    Assignment 5: "Elastic Design Spectra" (pdf)
    Assignment 6: "Recorded Earthquake Motion Databases (Libraries)" (pdf)
    Excel Spreadsheet of Pseudo Acceleration Spectra (xls)

  5. Ground Motion Parameters (pdf)

    Notes on Ground Motion Parameters

  6. Seismic Waves (pdf)


    Assignment 7: "Seismic Waves" (pdf)

  7. Earthquake Magnitude (pdf)


    Assignment 8: "Earthquake Magnitude" (pdf)
    Figure for Assignment 8 (jpg)

  8. Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (pdf)

    Assignment 9: "Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (pdf)
    Scanned copy of Map (jpg)

  9. Earthquake Energy Release Mechanism (pdf)

    Assignment 10: "Earthquake Energy Release Mechanism" (pdf)

  10. Earthquake Effects On Structures (pdf)

    Assignment 11: "Earthquake Effects On Structures"

  11. Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element (pdf)


  12. Bracing (pdf)


    Assignment 12: "Bracing" (pdf)

  13. Introduction to Seismic Load from 1997 Uniform Building Code (pdf)

    Assignment 13: "Introduction to Seismic Load from 1997 Uniform Building" (pdf)

  14. Multi-Degree-Of-Freedom Shear Frames (pdf)


  15. MDOF Systems & Modal Analysis (pdf)


    Assignment 14: "2nd Webshaker Project" (pdf)
    Assignment 15: "MDOF Systems & Modal Analysis" (pdf)
    El Centro Acceleration Time History (txt)
    Solved Example for MDOF Systems and Modal Analysis (pdf)

  16. Step-by-Step Procedure for Using Newmark's Method & Modal Analysis (pdf)

  17. Introduction to Frequency Domain (pdf)

    Reference Material:

    1. "FFT Interactive Tutorial"
    2. "The Fundamentals of FFT-Based Signal Analysis and Measurement"

  18. Continuous Systems (pdf)

    Optional Assignment 16: "Continuous Systems" (pdf)

  19. Base Isolation (pdf)

  20. Frequency Domain Analysis (pdf)

  21. Exam Review Questions (pdf)