BASICS OF

EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
 INTRODUCTION
 THE EARTH AND ITS INTERIORS
 THE CIRCULATIONS OF
CONVECTION CURRENTS
PLATE TECTONICS
 CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKE
 THE ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY
TYPES OF EARTHQUAKE AND
FAULTS
 SEISMIC WAVES
 TYPES OF SEISMIC WAVES

(i) BODY WAVES

P-WAVES
S-WAVES

(ii) SURFACE WAVES

RAYLEIGH WAVES
LOVE WAVES
SEISMIC WAVES
MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY OF
EARTHQUAKE
 THE FOCUS AND THE EPICENTER

 MAGNITUDE

 INTENSITY
 SEISMIC HAZARDS
 GROUND SHAKING

 STRUCTURAL HAZARDS
 LIQUEFACTION
 LANDSLIDES
 TSUNAMI
 FIRE DUE TO EARTHQUAKE
 SEISMIC EFFECT ON
STRUCTURES
 INERTIA FORCES IN
STUCTURES

 HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL SHAKING
FLOW OF INERTIA FORCES TO
FOUNDATIONS
WALL AND COLUMN FAILURES
EARTHQUAKE DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY
DUCTILITY IN DESIGN OF
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT
BUILDINGS
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT
DESIGN –WITH DUCTILITY
REINFORCED CONCRETE
BUILDING DESIGN
 CONCLUSION
 We are all well versed with the damage to
the lives and property that an earthquake
causes.Thus one must ensure to minimize
the losses , by construction of earthquake
resistant structures . Thus ensuring safety
to buildings, and people using them.