NUST institute of Civil Engineering (NICE)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE)

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

UG CE 2017 Code/Course: CE-416

Semester: Spring 2020 Course Title: Earthquake Engineering (Elective)

Assignments 1 and 2

Sr. No. Topic

Ground Motion Parameters

 Complete waveforms of all major earthquakes (say M7+) in Pakistan
 Peak ground acceleration, peak displacement, peak velocity and duration of
Group 1
all major historical earthquakes in Pakistan
A correlation between source-to-site distance and structural damage and number
of casualties
Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings
 What does “vulnerability” mean? How is can be quantified?
Group 2
 Features which make a building vulnerable to earthquakes
Common construction defects and wrong practices
Attenuation Relationships (Ground Motion Prediction Equations – GMPEs)
 Some famous attenuation relationships and considerations in their
Group 3 development
 Interpretation of presented relationships
Applicability and limitations of attenuation relationships
Measurement of Earthquakes (Size, Intensity and Other Parameters)
 Types of seismographs, their historical developments and
Group 4 capabilities/limitations
 Operational mechanism of several types of earthquake measuring devices
Different magnitude scales, intensity scales and their limitations
Tectonic Setting of Pakistan
 Geological features of Pakistan
Group 5
 Major seismic sources within Pakistan and its vicinity
 Seismic fault maps of Pakistan
 Types of major seismic sources and their historical activity in Pakistan
Historical Developments in Earthquake Engineering
 Major breakthroughs in our understanding of structural response against
Group 6 earthquakes
 Major developments in experimental techniques
Other related fields and their relationship with earthquake engineering
Intensity Maps
 Intensity maps and their generation techniques
 Historical developments in intensity scales
Group 7
 A collection of intensity maps of all major historical earthquakes in Pakistan
An introduction of current techniques, devices and state-of-the-art practice to
generate intensity maps
Seismic Hazard Maps for Pakistan
 A collection of seismic hazard curves and seismic hazard maps and seismic
Group 8 zonation maps developed by various studies
 Interpretation of hazard curves and maps
Identification of areas with high, moderate and low seismic risk within Pakistan
Seismicity of the Himalayas
 Major plate interactions and fault systems
Group 9
 Historical seismicity of Himalayas
 Activity rate and key geological features of the plate boundary
Historical Seismicity of Pakistan
 A complete catalogue of all M5+, M6+, M7+ and M8+ earthquakes in last 100
years in Pakistan (or previously India)
 Basis statistics and seismological features of major historical earthquakes in
Group 10
Pakistan
 Location of various recording stations within Pakistan
Classification (with respect to magnitude, depth, source-to-site distance and
other parameters) of all data collected in this assignment

An Overview of Engineering Seismology

 Whatever we couldn’t discuss in class or couldn’t cover due to lack of time
Group 11
 Early Developments and attempts to explain causes of earthquakes
An introduction of current techniques, state-of-the-art practice and methodologies

Different Types and Procedures for the Seismic Hazard Analysis

Group 12
 Whatever we couldn’t discuss in class or couldn’t cover due to lack of time
  Early Developments and attempts
Different Procedures for the Seismic Hazard Analysis

Assignment No 1:

Detailed Report Submission (Deadline: 20th March 2020).

Both Hard and Soft Copies for each Group (Please email soft copy of the report on
fawad.najam@gmail.com)

Assignment No 2:

A Powerpoint Presentation (Deadline: 20th April 2020).

Please email soft copy of the presentation on fawad.najam@gmail.com)