Week 1 - Overview of Seismic Design
- Seismic design philosophy and limit states
- Earthquake and their geotechnical and structural effects
- Capacity design philosophy
Week 2 - Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics and its Applications in Earthquake Engineering – Part 1
- Force displacement system
- Damping Force
- Equation of motion – external force
- Equation of motion – earthquake excitation
- Undamped free vibration systems
- Viscously damped free damping
- Earthquake response of linear systems
- Response spectrum concept
- Deformation, pseudo-velocity and pseudo-acceleration response spectra
- Peak structural response from the response spectrum
Week 3 - Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics and its Applications in Earthquake Engineering – Part 2
- Multi degree of freedom systems
- Discretization of structural systems
- Elastic, damping & inertia forces
- Damping force
- Equation of motion
- Free vibration – Systems without damping
- Modal response spectrum analysis
- Equivalent lateral force method
Week 4 - Conceptual Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance - Part 1
- General principles of conceptual seismic design
- Regularity and irregularity of building structures
Week 5 - Conceptual Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance - Part 2
- Essentials of structural system for seismic resistance - RC frame systems, wall systems, and dual systems
- The Capacity Design philosophy
- The role of a stiff and strong vertical spine in the building
- Ductility as an alternative to strength
Week 6 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 1
- Design of beams with reference to IS 13920
Week 7 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 2
- Design of columns and beam - column joints with reference to IS 13920
Week 8 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 3
- Design of shear walls with reference to IS 13920
Week 9 - ETABS Modeling
- Architectural drawings - a cost efficient load path carved out using ETABS 2016.
- From identifying loads, to creating an ETABS model
- Complete analysis and design of RCC building in zone 5 will be demonstrated
Week 10 - Foundation Design - Part 1
- Foundation structures for frames and structural walls
- Footing & pile design using Excel spreadsheet
Week 11 - Foundation Design - Part 2
- Check for liquefaction
- Design of raft foundation using SAFE