University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

CVEN-6595 (3) Earthquake Engineering

Analyzes and designs structures for earthquake load covering: properties of earthquake ground motions, ground motion prediction equations, seismic hazard analysis, response spectra, response of linear and nonlinear structures, construction of design spectra, seismic design methods, and building code requirements. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 5111. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.