ES538 SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS

Course Code:5610538
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Engineering Sciences
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
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Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

Discrete Fourier transform. Soil-structure interaction analysis: direct and substructure methods, free field system, impedance relation, scattering analysis. Artificial boundary conditions: viscous boundary conditions in the absence and presence of free field. Description of seismic environment: types of control points, free displacements and forces in terms of control point motion.


Course Learning Outcomes