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Earthquake Engineering (Elective I) (October 2010)

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Total No. of Questions : 12] [Total No. of Pages : 4 P1338 [3864] - 113 B.E. (Civil) EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (2003 Course) (Elective - I) Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 100 Instructions to the candidates: 1) From Section - I answer Q1 or Q2, Q3 or Q4, Q5 or Q6, and from Section - II answer Q7 or Q8, Q9 or Q10, and Q11 or Q12. 2) Answers to the two sections should be written in separate answer books. 3) Figures to the right indicate full marks. 4) IS 456, IS 1893, IS 13920 are allowed in the examination. 5) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary. 6) If necessary, assume suitable data and indicate clearly. 7) Use of electronic pocket calculator is allowed. SECTION - I Q1) a) b) What are earthquakes. Explain the various causes of it. Explain how earthquakes are measured. [9] [8] OR Q2) a) b) Explain plate tectonic theory. [9] With neat sketches explain the different types of waves generated by an earthquake. [8] Q3) a) Derive the equation of motion for a damped free vibration of a SDOF system. [9] b) A cantilever of length l has a mass M attached to its free end. Find the frequency of lateral vibrations in the lateral plane. [8] OR P.T.O. Q4) a) b) For the system shown in Fig. 4 a, find the mass m such that the system has a natural frequency of 10 Hz. Take k1 = 2000 N/m, k2 = 1500 N/m, k3 = 3000 N/m and k4 = k5 = 500 N/m. [9] Explain transient and steady state response. [8] Q5) Obtain the natural frequency and mode shapes for different modes for the system shown in Fig. 5. [16] OR Q6) Calculate the natural frequency and mode shapes for a three-storied single bay building with uniform stiffness of columns in each storey. Take m1 = m2 = m3. [16] SECTION - II Q7) Calculate the seismic forces for the building shown in Fig. 7. The building is located in Zone V. The frames are spaced at 4 m c/c. [18] [3864]-113 2 OR Q8) Design a shear wall for a 10 storied building with the given details Storey No. 1 2 3 4 5 Storey shear (kN) 5 10 30 80 6 7 8 9 [18] 10 140 200 360 500 700 850 storey height 3.2 m length of shear wall 6.5 m seismic weight of building 55 103 kN axial load on the wall 2.85 103 kN the building is loacated in Zone V materials M20 grade concrete and HYSD bars of grade Fe 415. Q9) What is ductile detailing of members. Explain the same for RC beams as per the provisions of IS 13920. [16] OR Q10)A rectangular column of size (350 650) mm carries a load of 1700 kN and a moment of 1800 kN m along its major axis. Design the column footing and sketch the details of reinforcement. The SBC of the soil may be taken as 220 kN/m2. [16] [3864]-113 3 Q11)Explain the following terms : a) Torsional irregularity. b) Vertical irregularity in buildings. c) Weak storey. [16] OR Q12)Write short notes on : a) Tuned mass dampers. b) Retrofitting of buildings. [16] vvvv [3864]-113 4

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