Overview:

The structural engineering field is moving towards the performance based seismic design (PBSD). One of the main challenges in PBSD is the accurate assessment of performance of structures. Because most structures in civil engineering are designed to perform in the inelastic range when subjected to design level earthquakes, it is important to properly model the inelastic cyclic behavior of structural elements, such that their influence on the global structural response can be accurately captured. Yet, numerical modelling of structural elements that may experience cycles of inelastic deformation is still a challenging task. In most cases, engineers and researchers should clearly understand the underlying assumptions and limitations of numerical modelling approach that they adopt. This course will provide a detailed coverage on several topics that engineers and researchers need to learn for seismic performance assessment of structures. The course will start with review of structural dynamics, which is essential to understand various analysis methods. Then, numerical modelling approaches for various structural elements will be discussed, which will be followed by hybrid simulation approach where physical specimens can be directly integrated with numerical models for more realistic seismic performance assessment of a structural system. Several analysis methods, such as pushover analysis, incremental dynamic analysis, capacity spectrum methods, etc., will be discussed.

Objectives:

i) To provide an overview of seismic performance assessment of structures;

ii) To introduce various numerical modelling approaches of structural elements and their limitations

iii) To introduce latest developments in hybrid simulation methods

Who can attend:

• Executives, engineers and researchers from construction industry such as design offices, contractors, engineers from various state and central government laboratories.
• Student students at master levels (MSc/MTech/PhD), research scholars, faculty from reputed academic institutions and technical institutions.