Engineering Seismology & Seismic Hazard Assessment Lectures Overview
This content provides detailed information on the Rose School Lectures 2013 by Sinan Akkar and D. M. Boore focusing on Engineering Seismology & Seismic Hazard Assessment. It includes course schedules, instructor details, contact information, and online software used. Topics covered range from hazard and risk assessment to ground motion simulations and prediction equations. The lectures delve into tectonics, earthquakes, faults, and practical exercises to enhance understanding in the field.
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Rose School Lectures 2013 S. Akkar and D. M. Boore Engineering Seismology & Seismic Hazard Assessment HAZARD and RISK, TECTONICS, EARTHQUAKES and FAULTS
Instructors Sinan Akkar David Boore Teaching Assistant Luis Rodriguez
My Contact Information David M. Boore boore@usgs.gov http://www.daveboore.com USGS - DAVID BOORE 3
Online Software SMSIM (stochastic model simulations and site amplification using full resonant and square-root impedance simulations) TSPP (a collection of FORTRAN programs for processing and manipulating time series ) BSSA14_GM_TMR (Evaluate the recent Boore et al. PEER NGA ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs)) USGS - DAVID BOORE 5
Course Schedule: Week 1 DAY DATE MORNING ( ) Lecturer AFTERNOON ( ) Prepared by DMB Monday 2nd September 3rd September Hazard and Risk; Tectonics; Earthquakes & Faults Seismic Waves and Seismographs, Earthquake Location Magnitudes & Mechanism DMB Practicum 1: SeisVol, Relative plate motion Practicum 2: Waves; Travel-time curves; Geometrical spreading Tuesday DMB DMB Wednesd ay Thursday 4th September 5th September 6th September DMB Practicum 3: Location exercise using real data; fault plane solutions Practicum 4: Calculation of magnitude, moment and DMB Earthquake Source Parameters, DMB DMB Friday
Course Schedule: Week 2 DAY DATE MORNING ( ) Lectur er DMB AFTERNOON ( ) Prepared by SA Monday 9th September Characterisation of Strong- Motion (Processing of data) Practicum 5:Processing of Strong- Motion Accelerograms Tuesday 10th September Properties of data from observations (source, path and site effects on gm) DMB Practicum 6: Estimating Scaling & Attenuation Parameters DMB Wednes day 11th September Ground Motion Simulations DMB Practicum 7: Strong-Motion Regressions; Predictions Eqns DMB Thursday 12th Ground Motion Prediction Equations form Observations SA Practicum 8: Simulations (SMSIM & EXSIM) DMB September Friday 13th September
Course Schedule: Week 3 DAY DATE MORNING ( ) Lectur er SA AFTERNOON ( ) Prepared by DMB Monday 16th September Site Effects on Ground Motion Practicum 9: Site amplification (STRATA) Tuesday 17th September Seismicity: Data and Models Macroseismic Intensity & Source Characterization SA Practicum 10: Earthquake Catalogues & Recurrence SA Wednes day 18th September Seismic Hazard Assessment: Overview SA Practicum 11: Construction of Seismic Scenarios and PSHA SA Thursday 19th Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment SA Practicum 12: Review of published hazard assessments CRISIS 2007, SEISRISK III SA September Friday 20th September
Course Schedule: Week 4 DAY DATE MORNING ( ) Lecture r SA AFTERNOON ( ) Prepared by SA Monday 23rd September Hazard Maps and Seismic Design Codes Practicum 13: Logic-trees for PSHA & Code Spectra SA Tuesday 24th September Selecting and scaling accelerograms SA Practicum 14: Hazard Assessment Workshop SA-DMB Wednesd ay 25th September Presentations Assessment on Hazard SA- DMB Practicum 15: Presentations on Hazard Assessment SA-DMB Thursday 26th September Final Examination SA- DMB Friday 27th September
Course evaluation based on 3 elements: Tutorials and exercises (45%) Group oral reports on seismic hazard assessment project on 25thSeptember (30%) Final examination (25%)
