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Seismic Resistant Design
Seismic Resistant Design
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Designing structures to resist seismic loads is probably the most challenging area of structural engineering. Not only is the magnitude of the forces generated by an earthquake the largest that the building is likely to experience, but they are also much more destructive, unpredictable and difficult to characterise. For these reasons earthquakes cause tremendous damage to life and infrastructure even in countries that have modern construction codes and practices. This course introduces delegates to seismicity and to the dynamics that are relevant to the design of buildings. It also covers geotechnical aspects of earthquake resistant design such as relevant soil properties, liquefaction and amplification of ground motions. It teaches delegates how to design and detail structures to resist earthquake forces and how to perform ground response analyses in order to develop site specific response spectra. The structural systems for high-rise buildings and structural modelling of these are also covered.
The course will develop skills in problem solving, with special emphasis on the design of earthquake resistant high-rise buildings, and develop the ability to choose efficient structural systems and structural layouts. Delegates will be able to design sophisticated structural systems such as those used in high-rise construction, and to design buildings to resist extreme loadings such as earthquake loadings.
The first five days may be attended as an independent course, offering an introduction to seismic resistant design.
The course provides opportunities for delegates to:
The course will also enable the delegate to become proficient in computer literacy and presentation of computer analysis, teamwork skills, initiative, planning and organisation, and problem solving.
Lectures, project based learning, example classes and design exercises will be used to cover the following areas:
Formal assessment may be available for this Course. Assessment attracts an additional fee of £260.00, and delegates will be issued with a transcript and Certificate of Credit Achieved.
Owing to visa restrictions the assessment option is not available to international students.
This course is also delivered as a Module on at least one of the School's Masters programmes; delegates will attend with full and part time registered students. The Academic Module Outline is available via the University's Module Catalogue.