The fundamental principle of building design is to ensure an acceptable level of safety under normal loading conditions, while preventing catastrophic failures and loss of life under extreme loads. These objectives must be achieved with due consideration for economic constraints.
Structural engineers are typically well-versed in static analysis, which involves applying a single load model and yields a time-independent, deterministic solution. However, for certain types of loading—such as earthquakes—dynamic analysis is essential to fully capture the time-dependent behavior of the structure.
To safeguard public safety and ensure the resilience of buildings, engineers working in the field of earthquake engineering must possess core competencies in structural dynamics and seismic design.
Objectives
The two primary objectives of the training are to familiarize structural engineers with:
- the calculation of building structural dynamic response under seismic loading;
- the principles and validation methods required to design the Seismic Force Resisting System (SFRS) for buildings constructed with various materials.
Achieving these objectives equips structural engineers with the core body of knowledge necessary for seismic design of buildings, as outlined in the new structural competency profile issued by the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (https://gpp.oiq.qc.ca/Start.htm?#t=Profil_-_Structure_du_batiment.htm).
Content
- Morning Session (4 hours)
- Elastic response spectra for earthquake ground motions
- Exact dynamic seismic analysis of elastic structures with multiple degrees of freedom
- Approximate spectral analysis of elastic structures with multiple degrees of freedom
- Nonlinear static analysis of structures with multiple degrees of freedom
- Nonlinear dynamic analysis of structures with multiple degrees of freedom
2. Afternoon Session (4 hours)
- Architectural principles for favorable seismic performance
- Seismic design strategies
- Seismic design requirements of the National Building Code of Canada
The engineer undertaking this training possesses competencies in static structural analysis.
In addition, they are proficient in correctly applying the non-seismic requirements outlined in Part 4.1 (Design Provisions) of Division B of the National Building Code of Canada.
Polytechnique Montréal C.P.6079, succ. Centre-ville Montréal Québec Canada H3C 3A7
