The aim is to make the students understand the effects of seismic events on soil-structure interaction and gain the ability to use the analyzing methods for these effects.

A brief review of seismicity, fault-rupture mechanisms, and fundamentals of vibrations. Discussion of attenuation relationships, design motions and influence of soil behavior on ground shaking characteristics. Methods of analyzing seismic site response. Soil liquefaction phenomena and methods to predict seismic soil liquefaction initiation.