Advanced Seismic Design

Recommended Prerequisites

The pre-requirements of this course are those corresponding to the application for the MSc course CMM.

Teaching Methods

Classes will be organized as follows:

Presentation of basic concepts and illustrative examples; follow up of the development of practical works

Occasionally students are invited to attend lectures by visiting scientists.

Learning Outcomes

The course extends and applies the basic concepts of structural mechanics and material behavior to the situation of seismic design of structures. The main purpose of the course is the theoretical development and application to practical situations in the field of seismic analysis and design of structures, with particular emphasis on situations on steel and composite building structures.

The course program is developed in accordance with the following basic objectives:

- Review basic concepts of dynamic analysis of structures including the linear and non-linear response of one degree of freedom systems.

- Introduce the concepts of seismology, seismic risk and seismic modeling

- Introduce basics of structural design and modeling of earthquake-resistant buildings in accordance with Eurocode 8

- Apply seismic modeling and design to case studies of steel and mixed construction.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module A - Dynamic analysis of structures

Module B - Seismology and characterization of the seismic action. Concepts of anti-seismic design of building structures

Module C - Seismic analysis of building structures

1. Methodology and criteria for structural design in Eurocode 8

2. Methods of analysis based forces. Concept of behavior coefficient.

3. Models and methods of analysis for linear response spectrum and modal superposition.

4. Maximum response. Combinations of components of the action. Methods of analysis based on displacement.

Methodology for nonlinear static analysis Pushover. Method N2. Introduction to nonlinear dynamic analysis Time History.

Module D - Seismic design of building structures in steel and composite

1. Design Concepts and ductility classes.

2. Structural systems and behavior factors.

3. Considerations on materials and building processes.

4. Specific rules for design of moment resisting frames and braced frames

Module E - Advanced design methodologies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Alberto da Silva Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Landolfo, R. et al.(2017) Design of steel structures for buildings in seismic areas, ECCS Eurocode design manuals, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin

Chopra, A.K.(2001) Dynamics of structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering. Prentice Hall, New Jersey

Charleson, A.(2008) Seismic Design for Architects, Elsevier

Clough R.W. and Penzien J.(1975) Dynamics of Structures. McGraw-Hill Inc.,New York

Sen T.K.(2009) Fundamentals of Seismic Loading on Structures, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester

Bathe, K.L. and Wilson, E.L.(1976) Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis. Prentice Hall

Smith, J.W.(1988) Vibration of Structures : Aplications in Civil Engineering design, Chapman & Hall

Craig, Roy R.(1981) Structural dynamics: An introduction to computer methods. John Wiley & Sons

EUROCÓDIGO 3-Estruturas em aço

EUROCÓDIGO 4-Estruturas mistas aço-betão

EUROCÓDIGO 8-Estruturas em regiões sísmicas