THEORY OF BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC AREAS

Vincenzo PILUSO THEORY OF BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC AREAS

0622100047
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF7
CIVIL ENGINEERING
2022/2023

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS AND SKILLS TO ACQUIRE:
ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORY AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND STEEL BUILDINGS IN THE SEISMIC ZONE. LEARN THE THEORETICAL BASES FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC ZONES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS:
KNOW METHODS FOR EQUIVALENT STATIC ANALYSIS AND FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES IN SEISMIC ZONE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWING HOW TO DESIGN AND ANALYZE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, EVEN COMPLEX ONES, FOR MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC ZONE.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
KNOWING HOW TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR ANALYZING A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
KNOW HOW TO WORK IN GROUPS AND ORALLY EXPOSE THEMES RELATED TO ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN THE SEISMIC ZONE. KNOWING HOW TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE MOST MODERN GRAPHICAL TOOLS THE DESIGN SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED.

ABILITY TO LEARN:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE AND DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED THROUGH THE STUDY, IN COMPLETE AUTONOMY, ABOUT MATERIALS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED.

Prerequisites
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE TEACHING GOAL, THE MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL KNOWLEDGES OF RIGID AND DEFORMABLE SOLID ARE REQUIRED
Contents
DYNAMICS OF SDOF AND MDOF SYSTEMS

SEISMIC ACTIONS: DISPLACEMENT, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION RESPONSE SPECTRA. ITALIAN BUILDING CODE (NTC 2008). EUROCODE 8. BEHAVIOUR FACTOR.

DUCTILITY OF STRUCTURES: GLOBAL DUCTILITY, LOCAL DUCTILITY, PLASTIC REDISTRIBUTION CAPACITY, STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY TO THE SECOND ORDER EFFECTS. COLLAPSE MECHANISMS UNDER SEISMIC ACTIONS. INTERACTION BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL DUCTILITY DUCTILITY. LOCAL DUCTILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC ACTIONS: THE ROLE OF THE DECK IN THE PROBLEM OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC ACTIONS, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE MASSES AND CENTER OF GRAVITY OF STIFFNESS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC ACTIONS IN THE CASE OF SINGLE-STOREY BUILDINGS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC ACTIONS IN THE CASE OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS USING THE ITERATIVE METHOD.

SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS: THE LATERAL STIFFNESS MATRIX OF VERTICAL RESISTANT MACRO-ELEMENTS, THE LATERAL STIFFNESS MATRIX OF PLANE FRAMES: GENERAL METHOD OF STATIC CONDENSATION OF THE STIFFNESS MATRIX, THE LATERAL STIFFNESS MATRIX OF WALLS, THE PERFORATED WALLS; THEORY OF NON-UNIFORM TORSION; THE STIFFENING CORES; OPEN SECTION STIFFENING CORES; CLOSED SECTION STIFFENING CORES, THE TORSIONAL STIFFNESS MATRIX OF STIFFENING CORES; ASSEMBLING OF STIFFNESS MATRICES OF INDIVIDUAL VERTICAL RESISTANT MACRO-ELEMENTS, THE STIFFNESS MATRIX OF THE BUILDING; EQUIVALENT STATIC ANALYSIS, SPECTRAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS.
Teaching Methods
TEACHING IS DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF LESSONS ON THEORY, EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM . THE HOURS OF LESSON ARE 55 WHILE 5 HOURS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EXPLANATION ON APPLICATIVE EXAMPLES.
Verification of learning

THE FINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COURSE IS DONE VIA AN ORAL EXAM. TO PASS THE EXAM, THE STUDENT SHOULD DEMONSTRATE TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD AND TO BE ABLE OF APPLYING THE MAIN TOPICS WHICH ARE PART OF THE PROGRAMME. THE FINAL MARK, WHICH IS EXPRESSED IN 30TH, DEPENDS UPON THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT AND THE CLARITY OF HIS ANSWERS DURING THE EXAMS.
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