UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
	CEE 525 Soil Dynamics
	MWF 11:30 - 12:20 PM, More Hall 226
	Instructor Steve Kramer Office: 265 Wilcox Hall Phone: 685-2642 email: kramer@u.washington.edu	Office Hours MWF 2:30 - 3:30PM
	Course Description Dynamics of discrete systems; dynamics of continuous systems, wave propagation; dynamic soil properties; linear, nonlinear, and equivalent linear ground response analysis; vibrations of footings; construction vibrations; vibration isolation.
	Prerequisites BSCE or permission of instructor
	Textbook Kramer, Steven L. (1996), "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering",Prentice Hall, First Edition.
	Syllabus
	Topic Chapters # Lectures Vibratory Motion App. A 2 Dynamics of Linear SDOF Systems App. B 4 Dynamics of Nonlinear SDOF Systems; MDOF Systems App. B 3 Wave Propagation 5 5 Dynamic Soil Properties 6 4 Ground Response Analysis 7 5 Soil-Structure Interaction 7 3 Vibration Isolation Handouts 3
	Grading
	Homeworks/quizzes 30% Midterms 30% Final 40%
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^*All homework due at beginning of class one week after it is assigned unless otherwise announced. Late homework gets half credit. Unannounced quizzes are always a possibility.