Design of Steel Structures for Buildings in Seismic Areas

Training on "Design of Steel Structures for Buildings in Seismic Areas"

Reference book:
Eurocode 8 : Design of Structures for Earthquake Resistance Part : 1 General Rules, Seismic Action and Rule for Buildings

DAY 1 :

• 09:15 - 09:30

Welcome & Introduction :

• Content, objectives
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• Logic of the book and of the lectures
• Structures at risk, examples of failures
• 09:30 - 11:00

Philosophy and contents of EN 1998. Structures located in moderate to high seismic areas.

• 11:00 - 11:15 Break Coffee
• 11:15 - 12:45
  • Conceptual design of seismic resistant structures Structural Systems, Ductility Classes, Choice of Material, Ductile Components, Design Overstrength, Fuses and Replaceable Elements
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• 12:45 - 13:30 Break Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00
  • Structural analysis for seismic action
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  • Seismic load combination.
  • Overview of structural analysis methods. Modal response spectrum analysis. Effective modal mass.
  • The lateral force method. Linear dynamic analysis.
  • Pushover analysis. Non-linear dynamic analysis. Accidental torsion. Accounting for torsional effects in structural analysis.
  • Combination of the effects of the components of the seismic action.
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• 15:00 - 15:15 Break Coffee
• 15:15 - 16:45
  • Seismic design of MRFs, X-CBF and V-CBFs (1/2)
  • Discussion of differences between DCH/DCM/DCL
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• 16:45 - 17:00 Conclusion of Day 1

DAY 2

• 09:15 - 09:30
  • Welcome
  • Summary of Day 1 and questions
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• 09:30 - 11:00
  • Seismic design of MRFs, X-CBF and V-CBFs (2/2)
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  • Discussion of differences between DCH/DCM/DCL
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• 11:00 -11:15 Break Coffee
• 11:15 - 12:45
  • Seismic design of eccentrically braced frames and dual frames
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  • Structural characteristics of eccentrically braced frames. Choice of ductility class. Design for ductility of dissipative components. Capacity design rules for non-dissipative components.
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  • Specific requirements for dual frames. Benefits of dual frames. Re-centring dual frames.
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• 12:45 -13:30 Break Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00
  • Design Case
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  • Studies - 1
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  • (1) Multistory Building (2) Single Story Industrial Hall
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• 15:00 - 15:15 Break Coffee
• 15:15 - 16:45
  • Design Case
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  • Studies – 2
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  • Lightweight Steel Structures (3) Residential and (4) Social Buildings
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• 16:45 - 17:00 Conclusions of the training session

• Prof. Raffaele Landolfo, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
• Prof. Dan Dubina, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
• Assistant Prof. Mario D'Aniello, University of Naples "Federico II"
• Assoc Prof. Aurel Stratan, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania