Principles of Engineering Seismology and Engineering Geophysics
| Title | Βασικές Αρχές Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας και Τεχνική Γεωφυσική / Principles of Engineering Seismology and Engineering Geophysics |
| Code | ΕGSM201 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Geology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Konstantinos Papazachos |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600026407 |
Programme of Study: PMS Efarmosménī kai Perivallontikī Geōlogía kai Geōkíndynoi
Registered students: 7
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efarmosménī Geōfysikī kai Seismología | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 5 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600272325
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600272325
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Learning Outcomes
The course aims to familiarize graduate students with the theory and the basic concepts of Engineering Seismology, such as the parameters that characterize and measure the strong ground motion, as well as the basic principles for the seismic hazard assessment.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course aims to familiarize graduate students with the theory and the basic concepts of Engineering Seismology, such as the parameters that characterize and measure the strong ground motion, as well as the basic principles for the seismic hazard assessment. The understanding of these basic principles is necessary for the elaboration and application of various methodologies concerning the study, simulation and prediction of strong ground motion, taught in other courses. The individual items that will be discussed are:
Instrumentation for recording ground acceleration
1. Basic concepts - mathematical theoty of acceletometers
2. Free field arrays of accelerometers
3. Arrays 2D-3D of accelerometers
Seismic ground motion parameters
1. Peak ground values (PGA, PGV, PGD)
2. Response spectrum
3. Duration of seismic ground motion
4. Energy parameters
5. Macroseismic intensity.
Seismic ground motion prediction relations
1. Data bases
2. New generation relations
Local site effects on seismic ground motion
1. Theoretical background
2. Experimental estimation
Seismic Hazard analysis
1. Seismic hazard parameters
2. Time independent Seismic Hazard analysis
3. Time dependent Seismic Hazard analysis
Design parameters and Seismic Risk analysis
1. Greek Seismic Design Code 2000
2. Eurocode
3. Vulnerability and Seismic Risk
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 70 | ||||
| Laboratory Work | 30 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ||||
| Written assigments | 17 | ||||
| Exams | 3 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 11254
Έκδοση: 1η έκδ./2005
Συγγραφείς: Παπαζάχος Βασίλειος Κ., Καρακαΐσης Γεώργιος Φ., Χατζηδημητρίου Παναγιώτης Μ. ISBN: 9604319795
Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα
Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Ζήτη Πελαγία & Σια Ι.Κ.Ε.
Γενική Σεισμολογία Τόμος Α
Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 59395397
Έκδοση: 1/2016
Συγγραφείς: Τσελέντης Άκης
ISBN: 9786185012274
Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα
Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): LIBERAL BOOKS ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ ΕΠΕ
Additional bibliography for study
ΕΚΤΕΝΗΣ ΛΙΣΤΑ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ /Extended list of bibliography
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, S.L.Kramer, Prentice Hall, 653 pp., 1996.
Last Update
28-02-2025
