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Ε6202 - MACROSEISMOLOGY

 

Semester:

6th

Course Type:

Elective

Course Code:

Ε6202

eClass URL

Hours per Week

- Lecturing:

2

- Practical/Lab Exersices:

1

Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice:

-

ERASMUS:

 

ECTS:

4

Teaching Units:

3

Prerequisites:

-

Expected Prior Knowlegde:

Υ3203
Υ6201


Course Content

It is the only elective course providing knowledge of seismology and engineering for the characterization, according to international practices, of building seismic damage and vulnerability according to EMS98. The methodologies of Macroseismology for the study of recent and historical earthquakes and the inversion of intensity distribution for the calculation of macroseismic parameters are thoroughly presented.

Introduction – historical overview; Macroseismic effects (on people, objects, constructions, the natural environment); Macroseismic intensity - scales; Collection of macroseismic data - questionnaires; Evaluation of macroseismic intensity; Intensity – Acceleration – Earthquake velocity; Destructive intensity; Macroseismic intensity attenuation relations - isoseismals; Historical earthquakes – calibration methods; Macroseismic intensity distributions; Determination of macroseismic parameters using the inversion method; Earthquake catalogs – Databases of macroseismic intensities; Seismic hazard and macroseismic intensity; Vulnerability of structures – vulnerability curves; Seismic risk; Early warning systems – Seismic crisis management; Large earthquakes.


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