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1 Yahya Gino Kurama, Associate Professor Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences University of Notre Dame Introduction to Engineering Program University of Notre Dame July 5, 2010
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2 Structure: “any assemblage of materials that is intended to sustain loads” Nearly every plant and animal, and nearly all works of human beings have to sustain forces without breaking, so practically everything is a structure of one type or another.
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3 Buildings Dams Tunnels Bridges Domes Civil Structures are BIG!
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4 Great Pyramids Sphinx Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids Arab proverb
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5 Gravity loads (self weight, people, furniture, etc.) Earth and water pressure Dynamic wind load effects Dynamic occupant effects Earthquakes Structures respond to these dynamic loads, moving, swaying, and ….
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11 BUILDING STRUCTURES Masonry Reinforced concrete frame Steel frame Reinforced concrete wall
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12 Marina City Chicago Sears Tower Chicago John Hancock Building Chicago Empire State Building New York City Transamerica Building San Francisco
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16 AUGUST 17, 1999 IZMIT EARTHQUAKE (M 7.4)
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17 SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE REGION
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18 San Andreas Fault California
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19 RIGHT-LATERAL STRIKE-SLIP FAULT (> 1400 km) E E W W The North Anatolian Fault
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20 HORIZONTAL SLIP ALONG THE NAF 2 meters (6.6 feet) 2 meters (6.6 feet)
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21 HORIZONTAL SLIP ALONG THE NAF
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22 HORIZONTAL SLIP ALONG THE NAF
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23 VERTICAL SLIP ALONG THE NAF 1.7 meters (5.6 feet) 1.7 meters (5.6 feet)
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24 VERTICAL SLIP ALONG THE NAF
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25 REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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26 REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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27 WHICH FLOOR WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN?
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28 SOFT/WEAK STORY COLLAPSE
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29 REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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30 REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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31 HYGOKEN-NAMBU, JAPAN, 1994
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32 CHI-CHI, TAIWAN, 1999
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33 NORTHRIDGE, U.S., 1994
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34 NORTHRIDGE, U.S., 1994
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35 MAIN PROBLEMS Poor detailing, poor materials, poor workmanship Stiff and heavy structures Limited capacity to deform laterally
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36 SEISMIC ISOLATION
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37 SEISMIC ISOLATION USING LEAD-RUBBER BEARINGS
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38 LEAD-RUBBER BEARING
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39 USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WITH ISOLATION
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40 USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WITH ISOLATION
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41 OLIVE VIEW HOSPITAL - WITHOUT ISOLATION
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42 OLIVE VIEW HOSPITAL - WITHOUT ISOLATION
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43 OLIVE VIEW HOSPITAL - WITHOUT ISOLATION
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44 Civil Engineering has many interesting and challenging problems. Protecting structures against damaging winds and earthquakes is one of the important jobs of a civil engineer.
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45 National Science Foundation Scientists and Engineers in the Schools Program
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46 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ U.S. Geological Survey http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
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47 On PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
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