Seismic Design of Building Structures

ABOUT THE COURSE:The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of seismic response of structures and thereby equip them with scientific rationale behind seismic design of structures. The course will emphasize on calculation and distribution of design seismic forces, and ductile detailing of various building structures to resist the design seismic forces. Through a holistic coverage of ductile detailing related to reinforced concrete, steel and masonry buildings imparted to students and design practitioners, the course sets the stage for seismic resilient building construction in the countryINTENDED AUDIENCE: UG and PG students interested in seismic design of reinforced concrete, steel and masonry structures; Practitioners from structural design industryPREREQUISITES: Structural Dynamics, Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Design of Steel StructuresINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Larsen & Toubro, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, TATA Projects Limited, Gammon India, Arup, WSP, Ducon Consultants, SPA Consultants, VMS Consultants, and many more

Syllabus

Week 1: Earthquakes: Occurrences, Measurements, Seismic Hazards, Learnings from Past Events, Methods of Seismic Analysis
Week 2:Good Seismic Architecture; Irregularities in Building Structures
Week 3:Design Seismic Load Calculation: Equivalent Linear Static and Dynamic Methods
Week 4:Vertical and Member-wise Distribution of Design Seismic Loads; Concepts of centre of mass and centre of rigidity; Effects of infill walls
Week 5:Seismic Design Philosophies: Force-Based, Displacement-Based, Capacity-Based, Energy Based Design; Desired Failure Modes, Seismic Energy Dissipation, Hierarchy of Collapse
Week 6:Capacity Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Building Structures: Moment Resisting Frames and Braced Frames
Week 7:Ductile Detailing of Beams, Columns, Foundations, and Beam-Column Joints; Design and Ductile Detailing of Shear Walls (with worked out examples)
Week 8:Capacity Based Design of Steel Building Structures: Moment Resisting Frames, Concentrically and Eccentrically Braced Frames
Week 9:Ductile Detailing of Beams, Columns, Beam-Column Joints (Panel Zones), Braces and Link Elements (with worked out examples)
Week 10:Capacity Based Design of Masonry Building Structures: Unreinforced and Reinforced Masonry
Week 11:Ductile Detailing of Masonry Building Structures; Confined Masonry Construction and Ductile Detailing (with worked out examples)
Week 12:Condition Assessment and Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings; Methods for Compliance to Modern Codal Provisions