Earthquake Engineering - Assignment

Running head: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Background............................................................................................................................2
Aims and objectives of the research work.............................................................................2
Research Questions................................................................................................................2
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................3
Research Methodology...............................................................................................................5
Milestones in the work...............................................................................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Background
With the growth of population there is increasing need of houses and some areas
which are earthquake prone are often avoided being tagged as dangerous locations. But the
condition is such that even in those areas buildings have to be built due to the rapidly
growing population. Thus civil engineers are thinking of building structures that are
earthquake resistant. The main objective of the engineers is to come up with various solutions
that can help in reducing the seismic vulnerabilities of the structures ensuring safety of the
people. There have been significant contributions to the research addressing the site-specific
requirements in the earthquake resistant design of the buildings or structures. In this paper,
the possible contributions of civil engineering to build earthquake resistant structures will be
analyzed. The ways in which these structures can be made earthquake resistant will be
discussed and the extent of these measures to save structures from earthquake will also be
considered.
Aims and objectives of the research work
The main aim of this research is to analyze the possible ways in which civil
engineering skills can be made use of to build earthquake resistant buildings.
The objectives of the research are as follows:
1. To find out the ways in which civil engineering skills can be used to build earthquake
resistant structures.
2. To analyze how effective are these in saving the buildings from earthquake.
Research Questions
The research questions are given below:

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1. What are the ways in which civil engineering skills can be made use of to build earthquake
resistant structures?
2. How effective will these techniques be in saving structures from earthquakes?
Literature Review
As per the research done by Muneo (2018), protecting the structures from natural
hazards such as earthquakes is a vital issue and there have been many efforts to come up with
appropriate solutions to these situations. Innovative technologies are being thought of to
handle situations and develop hazard resilient environment. The ongoing research trends in
case of earthquake engineering is a matter of concern as in order to support the growing
population, the earth prone areas will have to be taken as well. Civil engineers are focusing
on newly constructed steel, composite structures, reinforced concrete structures and
upgrading issues of existing structures. The retrofitting techniques are being accepted as a
solution and novel passive along with semi-active control systems in steel and reinforced
concrete structures are being implemented (Koliou and Filiatrault 2017). Attention is being
given to the experimental portions of articles that can certainly be useful for the practicing
design engineers to analyze the customary structures which are subjected to loading of
earthquake. Studies suggest that modern devices such as semi-active vibration control device
and magneto rheological damper with varying strokes are being used to check the earthquake
resistance of structures. But the problem is not taking measures rather building structures that
can face these earthquakes. The problem is to ensure people that they will be totally safe in
that area as well. As per the research done by Cheng (2017), appraisal of over strength as
well as ductility factors in steel moment resisting frame is a vital factor and is necessary in
some countries such as India.