Postgraduate Studies Courses Resilient Materials, Structures and Geotechnical Infrastructures
Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
Instructor: Fardis Michael N.
Course code: A16106
e-class: http://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/CIV1516/
Course content:

  • Earthquake effects on concrete buildings.
  • Force-based seismic design of buildings for controlled inelastic response in present day codes and its main instruments: capacity design and detailing of plastic hinge regions for ductility. The trade-off between strength and ductility.
  • Overview of EN-Eurocode 8.
  • Conceptual design of earthquake-resistant concrete buildings. Main features and conceptual design of frame, wall or dual (frame-wall) building.
  • Conceptual design of building foundation systems for earthquake-resistance. Case histories of buildings with deficient structural configuration in past earthquakes.
  • Cyclic behaviour of concrete, reinforcing bars and their interaction through bond and interface shear transfer.
  • Cyclic behaviour of concrete beams, columns (including squat), walls and joints: experimental results and examples from past earthquakes.
  • Quantification and modelling of the cyclic resistance and deformation capacity of concrete members in flexure, shear or flexure-shear combinations.
  • Derivation of member detailing rules in Eurocode 8 for a target deformation capacity.
  • Design of foundation systems and elements in earthquake-resistant buildings.


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