ENEQ681

Special Topic: Risk and Earthquake Engineering

15 points

Not offered 2019, offered in 2016

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Description

This course is a postgraduate course that introduces risk and reliability analysis with particular applications in geotechnical engineering and seismic hazard analysis. The first part of the course is dedicated to probability theory and reliability analysis, with applications on risk-based decision making and reliability analyses for geotechnical systems. The second part of the course deals with probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and applications in performance-based earthquake engineering.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department or Programme Director.