Earthquake-Induced Ground Motions

Earthquake-Induced Ground Motions

Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers

Thursday, September 15 to Friday, September 16, 2016
Hyatt Place Boston Braintree
50 Forbes Rd
Braintree, MA 02184-2602

Instructor:
Praveen K. Malhotra, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

This seminar presents a step-by-step evaluation of seismic ground motions for design and assessment of geotechnical and structural systems. The evaluation of site-specific ground motions requires an interaction between geology, seismology, geotechnical engineering and structural engineering. Professionals in any of these fields possess some knowledge of the related fields, but, invariably gaps are left in their knowledge. This seminar is aimed at closing those gaps through an intuitive approach.

The seminar is divided into 5 parts - each aimed at answering a few key questions:

• Basic geology and seismology: Why earthquakes happen. When and where future earthquakes are likely to happen. How big future earthquakes are likely to be.
• Ground motions from past earthquakes: How ground motions are measured. Which characteristics of ground motions are most significant for engineering analyses? What are the key parameters of ground motion? Where are the sources of ground motion data?
• Ground motions for future earthquakes: How ground motion prediction equations are derived from pre-recorded seismic data. How these relations are used to estimate ground motions for future earthquakes. How ground motion maps in NEHRP, IBC and ASCE 7 are generated.
• Effect of local soils on ground motions: How local soils affect the ground motions. How these effects are considered.
• Soil-structure interaction: How the presence of a structure affects the ground motions at a site.

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Registration Fees:
Early Bird Rate: Member $1165 /Non-Member $1395

After 08/16/2016: Member $1365 /Non-Member $1595

Information/Registration:
 Register to attend this meeting online here. 
This seminar is worth 1.6 CEU.