BASICS OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

INTRODUCTIONTHE EARTH AND ITS INTERIORS

THE CIRCULATIONS OF CONVECTION CURRENTS

PLATE TECTONICS

CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKE THE ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY

TYPES OF EARTHQUAKE AND FAULTS

SEISMIC WAVESTYPES OF SEISMIC WAVES

(i) BODY WAVES

P-WAVES S-WAVES

(ii) SURFACE WAVES

RAYLEIGH WAVES LOVE WAVES

SEISMIC WAVES

MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY OF EARTHQUAKETHE FOCUS AND THE EPICENTER

MAGNITUDE

INTENSITY

SEISMIC HAZARDSGROUND SHAKING

STRUCTURAL HAZARDS

LIQUEFACTION

LANDSLIDES

TSUNAMI

FIRE DUE TO EARTHQUAKE

SEISMIC EFFECT ON STRUCTURESINERTIA FORCES IN STUCTURES

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SHAKING

FLOW OF INERTIA FORCES TO FOUNDATIONS

WALL AND COLUMN FAILURES

EARTHQUAKE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

DUCTILITY IN DESIGN OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN WITH DUCTILITY

REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING DESIGN

CONCLUSIONWe are all well versed with the damage to the lives and property that an earthquake causes.Thus one must ensure to minimize the losses , by construction of earthquake resistant structures . Thus ensuring safety to buildings, and people using them.