Sinhgad Technical Education Society’s

SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 41

Department of Civil Engineering
Unit Test
B.E. (Civil) | Semester II | 05-03-2024
401 013 a Elective V: Earthquake Engineering
Duration - 1 hour Marks - 30

Q. 1 a) Explain in brief types seismic waves with proper sketch (5)

b) What do you mean by – (6)
(i) Peak Ground acceleration (ii) Peak Velocity
(iii) Peak Displacement
c) Describe Magnitude & Intensity of an Earthquake in detail (4)

Q. 2 a) Using the D’Alembert’s principle, derive the solution for a damped single
degree of freedom system. (7)
b) A machine of mass m = 500 kg is mounted on a simply supported steel beam
of length l = 2 m having a rectangular cross section (depth = 0.1 m, width = 1.2
m) and Young’s modulus E = 2.061011 N/m2. To reduce the vertical deflection
of the beam, a spring of stiffness k is attached at mid-span, as shown in Fig. 1.
Determine the value of k needed to reduce the deflection of the beam by 30%.

(8)
Fig. 1