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Earthquake Design of Equipment and Supports:
Response Spectrum Method
C. (Raj) Sundararajan, Ph.D., MASCE, FASME
Overview
This
course presents the response spectrum method of earthquake response
analysis/design of mechanical and electrical equipment and supports. Equipment
and supports are modeled as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system. No prior
knowledge of structural vibration analysis or earthquake analysis is required to
understand this course.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions at the end of this course
to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This
course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
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The response spectrum
method of earthquake response analysis of equipment
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Modeling equipment
and supports as a damped single-degree-of-freedom system
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Computation of natural
frequency and the period of a SDOF system
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Calculating maximum
acceleration, velocity, displacement and force using the response spectrum
method
Course
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the course "Earthquake Design of Equipment and Supports: Response
Spectrum Method" prior to taking a
quiz for credit.
"Earthquake
Design of Equipment and Supports" (148 KB)
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