Major: ROSE

Term: 2^nd Semester – Academic Year 2022-2023

Instructor: Prof. J. Almeida, Prof. A. Correia

Institution: University of Louvain (BE), LNEC Lisbon (PT)

CFU: 6

SSD: ICAR/09

Duration: From 11.05.2023 to 09.06.2023

Classroom: Eucentre classroom

Schedule and Syllabus: Link

Office hours: on appointment

DESCRIPTION

The main goal of the course is to provide students with skills that can be applied to both research and practice for analysing structures under earthquake loads. The class will focus on the theory of linear and nonlinear structural analysis, with particular emphasis on available computational models, their characteristics and limitations. Modelling alternatives and their effect on the model output will be discussed. The course will present linear and nonlinear methods of analysis prescribed by the seismic design codes and available in the published literature.
The final goal is to leave attendees with a firm idea of the importance of the modelling assumptions and the methods of analyses that are used to analyse a structure mainly with respect to the actual behaviours of structures under seismic loads.