Subject Code: CE6L306	Name: Seismic Design of Structures	L-T-P: 3-1-0	Credit: 4
Prerequisite: None Characteristics of earthquakes; Earthquake response of structures; Concept of earthquake resistant design; Response of SDOF and MDOF systems to random excitations. Code provisions of design of buildings; Design for Liquefaction; Non-engineered construction; Special topics: bridges, dams, strengthening of existing buildings. Text/Reference Books: Duggal, S.K., Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Oxford University Press Chopra, A.K., Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall/Pearson Education Paulay, T. and Priestley, M.J.N., Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings, Wiley International Publication Bolt, B.A., Earthquakes, W.H. Freeman Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson