Syllabus
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Course Code: OE-306 Course Name: Earthquake Hazard and Mitigation |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Earthquakes, Cause of Earthquakes: Volcanic and Tectonic Causes, Seismic waves: Body and Surface waves, Plate Tectonics and Seismicity, Elastic rebound theory, Measurement of earthquakes, seismometer and seismograph , Intensity and magnitude scales, | |
| 2 | Seismic Hazard: Probabilistic and Deterministic approaches, Seismic Risk, Seismic Gaps, Seismic Zones of India, Strong ground motions and its parameters, Factors affecting strong ground motions, Simulation of strong ground motions | |
