Reg. No. Question Paper Code : 61065 M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2017. Second Semester Structural Engineering ST 7204 — EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES (Regulations 2013) wrow recentquestion paper com, ‘Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A— (10 x 2= 20 marks) 1. Define seismology. 2, Name the types of faults. 3, What is meant by damping ratio. 4. State the regularities and irregularities in buildings. 5. Define zone factor. 6 Name any two methods for lateral load analysis. 7. Define curvature ductility. 8 What is meant by confinement reinforcement? +9. What are the commonly adopted seismic dampers? 10. What is meant by base isolation? PART B—(5x 13=65 marks) | www.tecentquestion 11. (@) Explain in brief the seismotechtonics and seismic zonation of India. (13) Or (&) What are seismic waves? Briefly discuss about the various types of seismic waves in detail with neat sketches. (13)12, (a) A block of weight 700N (moving between vertical guides) i8 supported by 4 spring of stiffness 10 Nim. The block is given an intial displacement of 50mm with a velocity of Imm/sec, Determine the period of vibration, natural frequency, amplitude of motion, maximum velocity, acceleration of the block, If the return swing during second cycle is 40mm in 0.3secs. Determine the damping ratio and damping Coefficient of the syotem. (a3) meximum Or () A single degree of freedom system having a mass of 2.5kg is set into motion with viscous damping and allowed to oscillate freely. The frequency of oscillation is found to be 20Hz and measurement of the amplitude of vibration shows two successive amplitudes be 6mm and 5.5mm. Determine the viscous damping coefficient. (3) 13. (a) State the reasons for poor performance of masonry buildings in seismic areas. ay . COT Or vn srecentquestion paper scorn () Describe the various earthquake resistant features that can be introduced building to make it earthquake resistant. 14. (a) Design the reinforcement of column size 450mm x 450mm, subjected to the following forces. The column has an unsupported length of 3.2m and is braced against side eway in both directions. Use M25 Concrete and Fe415 Steel. (18) Dead load Live load Seismicload ‘Axial load (KN). 980 700 620 Moment (KN-m) 65 58 120 3 0 we 7 Or en oe (b) Explain briefly design of shear wall with neat sketches? Write down the step by step procedure for rectangular shear wall with boundary ‘elements as per IS 13920:1993. (13) 6106515. 16. @) &) @) @) Explain the concept of seismic base isolation. (a3) Or - comm Describe briefly tuned mass damper eyatem. mrneroceq0on pare PART C — (1 x 15= 15 marks) Compare in detail about free vibration and forced vibration of a system with and without damping. (5) Or Determine the design lateral forces at each floor level for a two storey RC shear frame of a ordinary building for the following data. Use equivalent static method of IS 1893:2002 ‘Seismic weight of each floor: 60KN ‘Spacing between the columns: 3m ce Height of each floor: 3m ‘Type of structure: SMRF Location of building: Chennai ‘Type of soil: Medium Combined stiffness of ground floor columns: 1000 kN/m . Combined stiffness of first floor columns: 1000 KN/m. (as) a 61065