Fisica | SEISMOLOGY

cod. 0522600021

SEISMOLOGY

	0522600021
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE Cohort 2016/2017

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	GEO/10	6	48	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE PROVIDES TO THE STUDENTS BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE SEISMOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF THE EARTHQUAKE GENERATION, MAKING THEM ABLE TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL IDEAS ON EARTHQUAKE GENERATION AND IMPACTS ON NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THEORETICAL ASPECTS ARE COMPLETED BY PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN CLASSROOM. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE PROVIDES THE ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE SKILLS ABOUT THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SEISMOLOGICAL MEASURES. THE STUDENTS WILL ENRICH THE KNOWLEDGE WITH CRITICAL SENSE AND RESPONSIBILITY, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES. THEY WILL DEVELOP LEARNING SKILLS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO DO, ON THEIR OWN, FOCUS ON SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION METHODOLOGIES. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CRITICAL ABILITY DEVELOPING APPROPRIETE SKILL ON OBSERVATIONAL SEISMOLOGY, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SEISMOLOGICAL MEASURES TO ASSESS SEISMIC HAZARDS AND RISKS.

THE COURSE PROVIDES TO THE STUDENTS BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE SEISMOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF THE EARTHQUAKE GENERATION, MAKING THEM ABLE TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL IDEAS ON EARTHQUAKE GENERATION AND IMPACTS ON NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THEORETICAL ASPECTS ARE COMPLETED BY PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN CLASSROOM.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE PROVIDES THE ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE SKILLS ABOUT THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SEISMOLOGICAL MEASURES. THE STUDENTS WILL ENRICH THE KNOWLEDGE WITH CRITICAL SENSE AND RESPONSIBILITY, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES. THEY WILL DEVELOP LEARNING SKILLS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO DO, ON THEIR OWN, FOCUS ON SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION METHODOLOGIES.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CRITICAL ABILITY DEVELOPING APPROPRIETE SKILL ON OBSERVATIONAL SEISMOLOGY, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SEISMOLOGICAL MEASURES TO ASSESS SEISMIC HAZARDS AND RISKS.

	Prerequisites
	THE KNOWLEDGE OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE BASIC AND EARTH PHYSICS COURSES IS REQUIRED.

	Contents
	THE COURSE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING THE STUDENT ABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND KNOW HOW TO SOLVE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: ELASTICITY AND SEISMIC WAVES. STRESS AND STRAIN. EQUATION OF MOTION. WAVE EQUATIONS. BODY AND SURFACE WAVES. RAY THEORY. EIKONAL EQUATION. SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION. SEISMIC SOURCE. FAULTS. MAGNITUDE AND SEISMIC MOMENT. CINEMATICS AND DINAMICS OF SISMOGENTIC PROCESSES FOCAL MECHANISMS. SEISMOGRAMS INTERPRETATION. SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK. SEISMICITY OF THE APENNINE CHAIN INDUCED AND TRIGGERED SEISMICITY

Contents

THE COURSE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING THE STUDENT ABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND
KNOW HOW TO SOLVE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS:

ELASTICITY AND SEISMIC WAVES. STRESS AND STRAIN. EQUATION OF MOTION. WAVE EQUATIONS.
BODY AND SURFACE WAVES.
RAY THEORY. EIKONAL EQUATION.
SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION.
SEISMIC SOURCE. FAULTS. MAGNITUDE AND SEISMIC MOMENT.
CINEMATICS AND DINAMICS OF SISMOGENTIC PROCESSES
FOCAL MECHANISMS. SEISMOGRAMS INTERPRETATION.
SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK.
SEISMICITY OF THE APENNINE CHAIN
INDUCED AND TRIGGERED SEISMICITY

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM.

	Verification of learning
	THE LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED GETTING THROUGH AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS ALSO IN THE DISCUSSION OF A TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE FIELD EXPERIMENTS. THE ORAL TEST (ABOUT 40MIN) IS FINALIZED TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING REACHED BY THE STUDENT ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE PROGRAM AND THE VERIFICATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE SKILL AND CRITICAL SENSE ON THE ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKE PROCESSES. ORAL TEST WILL VERIFY THE COMMUNICATION CAPACITY WITH LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF EXPOSURE.

Verification of learning

THE LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED GETTING THROUGH AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS ALSO IN THE DISCUSSION OF A TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE FIELD EXPERIMENTS. THE ORAL TEST (ABOUT 40MIN) IS FINALIZED TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING REACHED BY THE STUDENT ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE PROGRAM AND THE VERIFICATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE SKILL AND CRITICAL SENSE ON THE ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKE PROCESSES. ORAL TEST WILL VERIFY THE COMMUNICATION CAPACITY WITH LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF EXPOSURE.

	Texts
	A. ZOLLO, A. EMOLO, TERREMOTI ED ONDE, LIGUORI EDITORE T. LAY - T C. WALLACE, MODERN GLOBAL SEISMOLOGY, ACADEMIC PRESS OTHER TEXTS A. UDIAS, PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. K. AKI – P.G. RICHARDS, QUANTITATIVE SEISMOLOGY: THEORY AND METHODS, FREEMAN EDITION. O. KULHANEK, ANATOMY OF SEISMOGRAMS, ELSEVIER. L.D. LANDAU – E.M. LIFSITIS, TEORIA DELL’ELASTICITÀ, EDITORI RIUNITI.

Texts

A. ZOLLO, A. EMOLO, TERREMOTI ED ONDE, LIGUORI EDITORE
T. LAY - T C. WALLACE, MODERN GLOBAL SEISMOLOGY, ACADEMIC PRESS

OTHER TEXTS
A. UDIAS, PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
K. AKI – P.G. RICHARDS, QUANTITATIVE SEISMOLOGY: THEORY AND METHODS, FREEMAN EDITION.
O. KULHANEK, ANATOMY OF SEISMOGRAMS, ELSEVIER.
L.D. LANDAU – E.M. LIFSITIS, TEORIA DELL’ELASTICITÀ, EDITORI RIUNITI.