Students are trained and qualified in tasks of earthquake engineering, natural hazard and risk determining parameters. Students will be able to process input data, to realize design decision for structures of different building type and risk potential, to apply modern building codes and design concepts, to develop earthquake resistant structures and to evaluate structural design.
Earthquake engineering
Seismic Code development and generations; simplified analysis methods; design of structures and regularity criteria for earthquake resistance; performance and experience-based design concepts; rules for engineered buildings (R/C, steel, masonry) and non-engineered buildings; interaction effects between structure and soil, equipment and filling media; special and high risk structures
Structures in Earthquake Regions
Description of National code development; recent code situation; determination of seismic forces for an idealized RC frame system; comparison of different international code levels
Design of RC frames with masonry infill walls in earthquake regions: Application of modern software tools
Training of modelling and calculation with different software tools; interpretation of structural systems in terms of earthquake resistance design (ERD); design and analysis of structural systems for given and modified building layouts; comparison of the results with outcome of damage surveys. Tools: ETABS, SAP2000 |
