Acquisition of knowledge necessary for seismic hazard assessment, reduction of seismic risk and conceptual aseismic design of the civil engineering objects.

Enabling students to assess seismic hazard and risk, as well as to calculate impact in the construction due to earthquakes most often used in the engineering practice.

General on earthquakes: causes of formation and types of earthquakes, seismic waves, characteristics of the earthquake soil movement, registration of earthquakes, intensity of the seismic action and seismic scales. Seismic hazard assessment, return period of earthquakes, probability of seismic event excess during the life expectancy of buildings. Analysis of construction behavior due to earthquakes: forced suppressed system vibrations with one degree of freedom due to dynamic movement of foundation. Method of equivalent static load and response spectrum method. Conceptual design of seismic resistant constructions: basic objectives and requirements of seismic protection, methodology of design, measures of seismic risk reduction.

Lectures, numerical-graphic practice, consultations. Practice is carried out in groups according to the program which fully accompanies lectures. Examination prerequisites are positively graded individual assignments and success at the colloquium or defended term paper.