Educational Structural Websites - Earhquake
Engineering

University of Bristol Earthquake Engineering teaching web pages. This site is designed from the University of Bristol in order to give a broad, but a bit simplified, view of the subject. It is interesting for one who wants to have a first knowledge on this domain. The site contains photos, which are analyzed and I found this quite interesting. The lesson starts with geology and earthquakes as a geological phenomenon, then their effects are presented and how they interfere in the design of structures. Explanations on waves and vibrations are also given and finally many photos with explanations are presented.  

Seismic Isolation. Even though it is a commercial site, it contains useful educational material on sesmic isolation of structures.

Lectures and Tutorials in Earthquake Engineering: Manish Shrikhande, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.

Powerpoint slide show on The Earthquake Damage (4.5MB). Available from Living in Earthquake Country, DLESE Teaching Boxes.

Designing for Earthquakes: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UK.

Gabor Lorant. Seismic Design Principles. Available from The Whole Building Design Approach.

Large-Scale 3-Bay 3-Story RCS Frame Test. Available from National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), Taiwan.

NEHRP Recommended Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures: Training and Instructional Materials (FEMA 451B). Available from Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC).

Lucero E.  Mesa. Seismic Design of Bridges. Powerpoint Presentation. South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). Available from Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation.

Measuring Earthquakes, Chapter 8, Section 2. Powerpoint Presentation. Available from Lawndale High School.

Earthquake Quiz: Available from Florida International University.

Earthquake Quiz: Available from California Institute of Technology.

Low rise residential construction detailing to resist earthquakes. Available from City University, London.

Earthquake Glossary, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes for Kids, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquake Topics, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

FAQs - Common Myths about Earthquakes a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

USGS–Earthquake, Fault Structures, Plate Tectonics, Earth Structure, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes: a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

International Registry of Seismograph Stations, a site from U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquake, a site from FEMA.

Glossary, a site from National Geoscience Database of Iran.

Earthquake information, a site from National Geoscience Database of Iran.

Earthquake Hazards, Available from Living in Earthquake Country, DLESE Teaching Boxes.

Lessons, available from Living in Earthquake Country, DLESE Teaching Boxes.

Connected²Teaching offers a unique real-life scenario in earthquake engineering design, affording students the opportunity to increase their understanding while motivating them to learn more and to explore the fascinating world of STEM.

Frequently Asked Questions, Frequently Asked Questions, A site from MCEER.

D. Brunsdon, (2009). Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluation: Overview of the New Draft Guidelines. NZSEE Working Party on Integrated Planning for Earthquake Response. NZSEE Annual Conference, Christchurch, April 2009.

P. Brabhaharan, S. Read, J. Yu, P. Yong and M. Foon, (2009). Wenchuan M8.0 Earthquake Sichuan, China. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Special Presentation.

N. Ismail and J.M. Ingham, (2009). An overview of Pakistan earthquake reconstruction project. Seismic Retrofit Solutions. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

T.L. Holzer, (2008). Learning from Earthquakes and the US Plan for Coordinating Post-Earthquake Investigations. U.S. Geological Survey, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual conference, April 11-13, 2008.

G. McVerry and GNS Hazards Group and GeoNet, (2008). Gisborne 2007 earthquake – tectonics and strong-motion records. GNS Science.

The December 20 2007 Gisborne Earthquake. The before and after story, (2008). Gisborne District Council.

D. Brunsdon, (2008). Learning From the Gisborne Earthquake. The Rapid Building Safety Evaluation (Triaging) of CBD Buildings. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Inc.

N. Evans and J. Wells, (2008). Gisborne Earthquake Impacts on Buildings and Lifelines. OPUS.

Gisborne Earthquake, Thursday 20th December 2007, Magnitude 6.8, (2008). Parapet Failures.

L. Dixon, (2008). Earthquake Commission Gisborne Earthquake Recovery Including Modelling.

D. Hopkins, (2008). Gisborne Earthquake Key Issues. NZSEE Conference 2008. Department of Building and Housing.

A. Whittaker, A. Reinhorn, M. Bruneau, and M. Constantinou, (2003). High Performance Earthquake Simulation at the University at Buffalo. UB Node of NEES. Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering University at Buffalo.

Langenbach, R., (2010). Methodology fora Table-Top Identification and Damage Assessment of The Gingerbread District. Available from Conservationtech.com, Building Conservation Technology, HAITI after the 12 January 2010 Earthquake.

Eric MacFarlane ASCE 41 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings.
February 2011 meeting, The Structural Engineers Association of New Mexico.

Eric Calais Overview of the Jan. 12 earthquake and future seismic hazards Presentation. Rebuilding for Resilience: How Science and Engineering Can Inform Haiti's Reconstruction, Seminar organized by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and hosted by University of Miami, March 2010.

Reggie DesRoches Engineering perspective on the vulnerabilities of the built environment in Haiti Presentation. Rebuilding for Resilience: How Science and Engineering Can Inform Haiti's Reconstruction, Seminar organized by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and hosted by University of Miami, March 2010.

Sergio Mora-Castro Preliminary results of multi-hazard assessment Presentation. Rebuilding for Resilience: How Science and Engineering Can Inform Haiti's Reconstruction, Seminar organized by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and hosted by University of Miami, March 2010.

Tomio Saito The recovery experience after the Kobe earthquake. Rebuilding for Resilience: How Science and Engineering Can Inform Haiti's Reconstruction, Seminar organized by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and hosted by University of Miami, March 2010.

Rob Olshansky The process of reconstruction: lessons from other catastrophic disasters. Rebuilding for Resilience: How Science and Engineering Can Inform Haiti's Reconstruction, Seminar organized by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and hosted by University of Miami, March 2010.

G. McVerry and S. Samsonov The 20 December 2007 Gisborne Earthquake and GeoNet observations of it. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

I. Petty The built environment of Gisborne, prior to the earthquake, and immediately after it. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

D. Brunsdon The rapid building safety evaluation (triaging) of CBD buildings. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

N. Evans and J. Wells The earthquake’s impacts on buildings and lifelines. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

P. Smith The earthquake's impacts on particular buildings. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

L. Dixon The EQC response and the earthquake's impacts on residential properties. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

 D. Hopkins Key matters arising from the earthquake experience. 2008 NZSEE Conference.

Zhe Qu  Damages to reinforced concrete buildings in the M9.0 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake Mar. 11, 2011. 2011 in Clearinghouse of the Center for Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. 

K. Matsuda, H. Sakata, and Y. Yamazaki Briefing of Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake Wooden Houses. 2011 in Clearinghouse of the Center for Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Eric MacFarlane, Dekker Perich Sabatini HAITI January 12th, 2010 Earthquake -Why So Many Buildings Failed. 2011 SEANM Annual meeting, The Structural Engineers Association of New Mexico. 

Yuan Tian, (2010). Dynamic Test Proposal of Sprinkler Piping Subsystems on NCS. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Manos Maragakis, (2010). NEESR-GC: Simulation of the Seismic Performance of Nonstructural Systems. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Manos Maragakis, Andre Filiatrault, Gilberto Mosqueda, Andrei Reinhorn, Andrew Whittaker, Rodrigo Retamales and Ryan Davies, (2009). NEESR Nonstructural: Progress Report on Seismic Performance of Partition Wall Subsystems. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Tara Hutchinson, (2011). NEESR Nonstructural: Progress Report on Seismic Performance of Partition Wall Subsystems. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Akira Wada, (2011). Implications of Eastern Japan Earthquake of March 2011, Video, available from 2011 PEER Annual Meeting.

Janielle Maffei, (2011). The Coming Bay Area Earthquake, Watch Video, 2011 PEER Annual Meeting.

Craig Tillman, (2011).An insurance perspective on recent earthquakes, Watch Video, 2011 PEER Annual Meeting.

Andre Filiatrault, Gilberto Mosqueda, Andrei Reinhorn, Arash Zaghi, (2010). Experimental program. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

French and Xu, (2010). Estimating quantities of nonstructural components for selected occupancies. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Steven French, (2008). Public policy investigations. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

Tara Hutchinson, (2008). Experiment-based simulation program. Powerpoint Presentation, available from NEES Nonstructural.

A. S. Elnashai, (1999). The Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake of 17 August 1999: Assessment of spectra and structural response analysis.

A. S. Elnashai, (1999). The North Athens (Greece) earthquake of 7 September 1999: Analytical studies of structural response.

A. S. Elnashai, (1998). Observations on the effects of the Adana-Ceyhan (Turkey) earthquake of 27 June 1998.

Isao Nishiyama, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Yasou Okuda, and Izuru Okawa (2011). Building damage by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake and coping activities by NILIM and BRI collaborated with the administration.A Presentation. The 43rd Joint Meeting of United States-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic effects, Tsukuba, Japan.

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Buildings1_(2).pdf.

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Buildings2.pdf.

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ- report Building_damage_due_mud_wash.pdf .

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Bridges.pdf.

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Roads.pdf .

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Power__Communication.pdf.

The 2011 Sikkim (India)-EQ-report-Landslides.pdf.

I. Iervolino, (2010). Engineering design earthquakes, EUCENTRE, Pavia, Italy, [Abstract] [Presentation]

I. Iervolino, (2010). Near-source pulse-like seismic demand, EPICentre, University College London, UK, [Abstract] [Presentation]

Robert Bachman, (2011). ASCE 7-10 changes to chapter 13 seismic design requirements for nonstructural components. [Presentation] 2011 MCEER Seminar.

Robert Bachman, (2007). U.S. building code seismic testing requirements for nonstructural components. [Presentation] Symposium on Seismic Regulations and Challenges for Protecting Building Equipment, Components and Operations.

Richard Sedlock (2005). [Earthquakes basics] Workshop at Borel Middle School, San Mateo.

Richard Sedlock (2005). [Earthquakes hazards] Workshop at Borel Middle School, San Mateo.

Thalia Anagnos (2005). [Buildings and earthquakes] Workshop at Borel Middle School, San Mateo.

B. Mobasher, (2004). A slide show of the aftermath of Bam Earthquake, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, AZ Sponsored by the Iranian Students Association of ASU, ASU Main Campus. [view] [pdf format]

Mary Comerio, (2011). Engineering resilience. Watch Video, 2011 PEER Annual Meeting.

Jack Baker, (2011). Recent progress in seismic hazard analysis and ground motion selection. Video, 2011 PEER Annual Meeting.

Jonathan P. Stewart, (2010). Should design spectra in building codes be specified from the maximum component or the average horizontal? LA Tall Building Seismic Design Council 2010 Conference: Design Showcase, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jon A. Heintz, (2010). ATC-63 FEMA P- 695 quantification of building seismic performance factors. LA Tall Building Seismic Design Council 2010 Conference: Design Showcase, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Farzin Zareian and Peng Zhong, (2010). Ground motion selection and scaling for the analysis of the tall building case studies. LA Tall Building Seismic Design Council 2010 Conference: Design Showcase, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jerome Sheppard and Dave Brunsdon, (2013). Earthquake assessment of school buildings: expectation, issues, and challenges. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

Kelvin Berryman, (2013). The context and impacts of the Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010-2011. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

Adrian Regnault, (2013). Learning from the Canterbury Earthquakes to strengthen national building performance. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

Sudhir Jain, (2013). Earthquake Engineering in the Modern World. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

Claudio Modena, (2013). Retrofit of heritage buildings. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

A. Thornton and N. Vance, (2013). Huddart Parker Building - Heritage seismic retrofit. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

S. Oliver, J. Hare, and N. Harwood, (2013). Soil structure interaction starts with engineers. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

S. Giovinazzi, H. Wenzul, D. Powel, J. Sung Lee, (2013). Consequence-based decision making tools to support natural hazard risk mitigation and management: evidences of needs following the Canterbury (NZ) Earthquake sequence 2010-2011, and initial activities of an open source software development C. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

D. Kirkcaldie, P. Brabhaharan, M. Cowan, C. Wang, and G. Hayes, (2013). Ferrymead Bridge – from widening and seismic upgrading to replacement, a casualty of the Christchurch Earthquake. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

M. Stirling, (2013). Probabilistic seismic hazard modelling: A review in light of recent events. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.

A. Kuang, A. Sridhar, S. Gutschmidt, and H. Gavin, (2013). Analysis of the seismic response of The Christchurch Women’s Hospital. A presentation, NZSEE 2013 Technical Conference, Wellington.