EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING: Recent submissions

  • NON-LINEAR SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF RC MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS 
    Gupta, Shivam (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Present era of fast development requires accommodation of large population under one single roof. Therefore, the reliability of multi-storey buildings against the natural calamities like earthquakes is of serious concern. ...
  • MODEL SEISMIC DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT STEEL BUILDINGS 
    Huriya, Shivam (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Thermal power plant is used to generate electric energy from thermal energy. Thermal power generation is almost 70% of the total power generation in India. Safety of the thermal power plant should be ensured against all ...
  • ANALYTICAL MODELING OF A FRICTION DAMPER 
    Sahoo, Soubhagya Kumar (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Conventional procedures of seismic refurbishment of structures which are not designed to withstand high seismic acceleration ground motion are very much difficult due to the fact that shear wall requires extra additional ...
  • VIBRATION CONTROL OF BUILDINGS ON HILL SLOPES 
    Sinha, Soumyabrata (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Failure of buildings with open ground storey under earthquake excitation is a matter of interest of structural engineering. Generally open ground storey in the buildings used for parking purposes in the multistorey ...
  • SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR NORTH EAST INDIA 
    Lallawmawma, C (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    are one of nature greatest hazard to life’s and property which could cause intense shaking at the earth’s surface and have the potential to cause huge socio-economic losses. The rapid growth of population, urbanization and ...
  • PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL HIMALAYA 
    Lakshmi, Cheepulla Dhana (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    In the present study Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) has been carried out for the region of Central Himalaya which forms a part of the most severe seismic zone. The study area covers latitude 26°-31° N and ...
  • SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF BUILDING HAVING SOFT STOREY USING DISPLACEMENT BASED DESIGN 
    Kumar, Nishant (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    This topic reports the method to determine the column size by using displacement based design method of reinforced concrete frame buildings, and then compare the design forces with the is code 1893 (part 1): 2002 solution. A ...
  • PREDICTION OF DEPTH- DEPENDENT FREE SURFACE EFFECTS ON GROUND MOTION 
    Rautela, Sakshi (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    In this report a finite difference model is analyzed to demonstrate free surface effect. A simple plane wave model is adequate to explain depth dependent free surface effect on ground motion. A FORTRAN program for SH wave ...
  • SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESMENT OF INDO-MYANMAR SUMATRA ARC 
    Chaudhary, Srijan (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    The Indo-Burma (Myanmar) area includes features of active subduction zones such as a Wadati-Benioff zone of earthquakes, a magmatic arc, thrust and fold belts. The Sumatra earthquake of 2004 occurred on this plate. In this ...
  • NUMERICAL KINEMATIC RUPTURE SIMULATION 
    Anand, Tejaswi (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    The numerical simulation of strong ground motion (SGM) based on the physics of rupture propagation is of prime importance in earthquake engineering for the prediction of site-specific ground motion, cost effective ...
  • SEISMIC HAZARD, VULNERABILITY AND RISK ANALYSIS FOR THE ROORKEE CITY AND ITS VICINITY 
    Kumar, Vikash (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Earthquake are one of nature greatest hazard to life’s and property which could cause intense shaking at the earth’s surface and have potential to cause huge socio-economic losses. Rapid growth of population, urbanization ...
  • PARAMETRIC STUDY AND DESIGN FORMULATION OF ALUMINIUM DAMPERS 
    Kumar, P.S.R.S.Pavan (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    The energy dissipation potential of a metallic damper depends mostly on the hysteretic response attained due to the inelastic deformation of plates under axial or flexural or shear loading. Mainly considering the metallic ...
  • SESIMIC BEHAVIOUR OF FOUNDATIONS ON ROCK SLOPES 
    Prakash, Shikhar (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    During a seismic event, the buildings situated on slopes are more vulnerable than those located on flat ground. The foundations placed on the slopes have reduced bearing capacity as compared to the flat surface. This reduced ...
  • EVALUATION OF EARTHQUAKE HAZARD POTENTIAL OF ANDAMAN REGION, INDIA 
    Prakash, Jagtap Pritam (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    In the present study, a deterministic seismic hazard assessment of Andaman and Nicobar region is carried out, which is one of the most seismically active regions of India. Which usually need estimate of return period, ...
  • EFFECTS OF DEGREE OF SATURATION ON DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES 
    Khan, Khursheed Ahmad (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Failure of soil subjected to dynamic loading is greater. Therefore, it is important to study the response of soil under dynamic loading. Thus the dynamic soil property is an important parameters to be studied. Dynamic soil ...
  • STUDY OF VARIATION OF STRESS CONCENTRATION IN COMPOUND SHEAR WALL 
    Jain, Sumit (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    It has been established in past that the location of stress concentration in any structure is often the point where failure occurs or it serves as site for start of propagation leading to failure. This phenomenon when ...
  • ESTIMATION OF SOURCE PARAMETERS OF LOCAL EARTHQUAKES IN THE ENVIRONS OF TEHRI DAM SITE 
    Pathak, Abhishek (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    The objective of this study is to calculate Hypocentre parameters and source parameters of local events recorded at the seismological laboratory of IIT ROORKEE by employing 12 stations network around Tehri dam region. ...
  • SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF FRAMED TUBE STRUCTURES 
    V., Avanish (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Tall buildings are subjected to high lateral loads due to wind and earthquake forces, which would lead to high costs and the design would be economically unfeasible using traditional structural systems. Hence, in order to ...
  • LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING OF UTTARAKHAND REGION 
    Rakesh, Gandamal (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    Landslides are transient and instantaneously happening and damaging natural hazard in mountains. However, landslides turn into a disaster mainly due to the immature geology connected with external triggering factors which ...
  • SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 
    Nautiyal, Praveen (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-06)
    In recent years, analysis of massive structures (which can generate threat to society) such as hyperbolic cooling towers, chimneys, reactor containment shells, etc., subjected to seismic excitation, has attracted a ...