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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SECOND SEMESTER M.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION APRIL'MAY 2018
Branch: Civil Engineering

Stream: Structural Engineering

01CE6106 Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures

Answer any two full questions from each part
Limit answers to the required points.

Draw neat sketches wherever required

15 456, Column design charts, IS 1893 and IS 13920 are permitted

Max. Marks: 60 Duration: 3 hours
PARTA
a, Explain earthquake magnitude (4.5) 0. Explain earthquake intensity (4.5)

2. a. What are the architectural features to be adopted and to be avoided to make buildings
(9) resistant against earthquakes?

3. a. Explain the causes of earthquakes? (4.5)

b. What are the modes of failure of a masonry wall without vertical reinforcement under (4.5)
the influence of earthquake?

PART B

4. Explain the design philosophies and the desirable collapse mechanisms in earthquake (9)
resistant design

5 Determine the lateral forces due to earthquake at all the floor levels of a plane frame of (9) a two
bay four storeyed symmetric RC building situated in Delhi with the following data:

Floor height 3.5m

Bay width 5m
Spacing of frames 5m

Live load 3.5 kN/m2
Concrete M 20
Steel Fe 415