Seismic & Earthquake Engineering Class

The weekly classes are held Saturday at 8:00 AM USA Central Time via Zoom. Please submit the registration form to receive the links. The first class is March 7, 2026. The class series will be taught in an ongoing loop. So students may join anytime.

Each class is one hour long. Matlab exercises will be included in some of the classes. The Vibrationdata Matlab GUI package is given at:

Version Requiring Matlab

Standalone Executable Version

The classes are offered as a community service for humanitarian purposes.

Students who actively participate in the class and pass a final exam will receiver IACET CEUs.

Thank you,
Tom Irvine
Email Link

Registration Form

The materials are work-in-progress.

Slides	Video
Earthquake Engineering Intro Rev F	Intro Part 1 Intro Part 2 Intro Part 3
Building Natural Frequencies Rev B	Building Natural Frequencies
Olive View Hospital	Olive View Hospital
Steinway Tower
Equipment Isolation	Equipment Isolation
Seismic Response Spectra	Seismic Response Spectra
Newmark-Hall Response Spectra
Response Spectra Time History Synthesis	synthesis_part_1
MDOF Response Spectra
Seiche & Slosh
ASCE 7-22 Ch 11, Seismic Design Criteria, Rev C
ASCE 7-22 Ch 12 Requirements for Buildings
ASCE 7-22 Ch 13 Requirements for Nonstructural Components, Rev A
ASCE 7-22 Ch 14 Material-Specific Seismic Design
ASCE 7-22 Ch 15 Seismic Design Requirement for Nonbuilding Structures
ASCE 7-22 Ch 16 Nonlinear Response History Analysis
ASCE 7-22 Ch 17 Seismic Design for Isolated Structures
ASCE 7-22 Ch 18 Seismic Design for Damping
ASCE 7-22 Ch 19 Soil Structure Interaction
UFC-3-310-01 Structural Load Data
IEEE-344 Seismic Qualification Nuclear Power Generating Stations
IEEE-693 Seismic Substation Equipment
Bellcore GR-63 Core Telecommunication Equipment
CEI IEC 980 Nuclear Power Plants
Newmark-Hall Response Spectra
FEMA P-807 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit