| Beschreibung |
As engineers, we have to resort to testing and analytical methods in order to establish with some confidence the strength and deformation capacities of conventional and new structural elements under seismic excitation, and thus quantify collapse safety in a reliable manner. In this class, students are exposed to state-of-practice design, testing and numerical tools for steel braced frames under seismic excitation. Students are motivated to do practice-oriented research, and build new knowledge on the basis of what they already know. They are organized in learning groups of 3 or 4 and work weekly towards a paper reporting and reflecting on quantitative and qualitative tasks. The students will familiarize with ductile braced frame systems; design steel braced frames for seismic hazard, following modern building codes; reflect on underlying code concepts; be actively involved in the experiments; become familiar with standardized testing protocols for steel braces; collect, analyze and interpret test data; explore the seismic behavior of steel braces in the full range of elastic-inelastic response, identify yielding and collapse mechanisms; create numerical models for seismic simulations; assess the strengths and weaknesses of alternative numerical models for accurate prediction of the experimental response; conclude on the produced qualitative and quantitative data in a final report. |
| Literatur |
Bruneau, Michel, Chia-Ming Uang, and Rafael Sabelli. Ductile Design of Steel Structures. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011. Chopra A. Dynamics of Structures. Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, 5th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, NJ, 2020. Online access provided through the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Library Elghazouli A. Seismic Design of Buildings to Eurocode 8, 2nd edition, Boca Raton CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2017. Online access provided through the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Library |
| Leistungsnachweis |
180hs, thereof 60hs Attendance time, 60hs Self-study time, 60hs Report-preparation time Class Presentations (40%), 1 Final report (60%) /SuSe |
