Study Seismic design course at IIT-Gn

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Updated on Nov 26, 2012 01:06 IST

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) will soon kick off a swank new short course on ‘Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings’ to train civil engineers, architects and other professionals in earthquake safe construction.

Participants under the program will be taught seismic design procedures for multi-storied reinforced concrete buildings. At the end of the course, the participants are expected to:

Have an overall understanding of the seismic design concepts, procedures and current practices to enable them to plan and direct the construction activity appropriately
Understand the methodology of seismic design to be able to execute a proper design
Have better appreciation of various construction details with respect to seismic response

Students who successfully complete the course will be awarded a certificate of participation. The course will be conducted at IIT Gandhinagar premises in Ahmedabad.

Course details:

Course duration: November 26 - November 30
Venue: IIT-Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad
Fee: Rs 18,000 per participant (including course material, lunch, and tea breaks)

Monday - November 26, 2012

08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:15 Inauguration
10:15 - 11:00 Group Photograph and Tea
11:00 - 12:30 An Overview of Earthquake Engineering (DCR)
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 02:30 Introduction of Participants and the Course
02:30 - 03:30 Introduction to Engineering Seismology (GAM)
03:30 - 04:00 Tea
04:00 - 05:00 Indian Seismicity and Past Earthquakes (SKJ)

Tuesday - November 27, 2012

09:00 - 10:00 Behaviour of Structures in Past Earthquakes (GAM)
10:00 - 11:00 Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom System (DB)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea
11:30 - 12:30 Lateral Load Resisting Systems in Buildings (GAM)
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 02:30 Lateral Load Distribution in Building Systems I (GAM)
02:30 - 03:30 Lateral Load Distribution in Building Systems II (GAM)
03:30 - 04:00 Tea
04:00 - 05:00 Response Spectrum (SKJ)
07:30 Get-Together over Dinner @ Rajwadu

Wednesday - November 28, 2012

09:00 - 10:00 Concepts of Earthquake Resistant Design (SKJ)
10:00 - 11:00 Seismic Code (IS:1893) Provisions on Buildings I (DCR)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea
11:30 - 12:30 Seismic Code (IS:1893) Provisions on Buildings II (DCR)
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 02:30 Seismic Code (IS:1893) Provisions on Buildings III (DCR)
02:30 - 03:30 Seismic Design and Detailing of R.C. Frames I (SKJ)
03:30 - 04:00 Tea
04:00 - 05:00 Seismic Design and Detailing of R.C. Frames II (SKJ)

Thursday - November 29, 2012

09:00 - 10:00 Seismic Behaviour, Design, and Detailing of Shear Walls I (DCR)
10:00 - 11:00 Seismic Behaviour, Design, and Detailing of Shear Walls II (DCR)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea
11:30 - 12:30 Aseismic Structural Configurations (GAM)
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 02:30 Vibration of Multi Degree of Freedom Systems (DB)
02:30 - 03:30 3-D Computer Analysis of Building Systems (DB)
03:30 - 04:00 Tea
04:00 - 05:00 Seismic Analysis and Design of Irregular Buildings (SKJ)

Friday - November 30, 2012

09:00 - 10:00 Seismic Design of Masonry Buildings (DCR)
10:00 - 11:00 Soil Liquefaction and Foundation Issues (AP)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea
11:30 - 12:30 Structural Control (GAM)
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 - 02:30 Topics on Request; Course Evaluation
02:30 - 03:30 Valediction
03:30 - 04:00 Tea
04:00 Course Ends

The program will see participation from the following:

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering Department of Andra Pradesh
Aizawl Water Supply Project and Delhi Metro Rail Corp
Public works departments of Gandhinagar, Rohtak, New Delhi, Chandigarh etc
Tata Power Company
Larsen & Toubro
Bakeri Urban Development etc

Till now, over 130 persons have registered for the course.

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