Post Graduate Program in ETABS and SAFE Software for RCC, Composite and Precast Buildings

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The syllabus

Analysis and Design of High Rise Buildings using ETABS and Foundation Design using SAFE for Seismic Loads

Week 1 - Overview of Seismic Design

  • Seismic design philosophy and limit states 
  • Earthquake and their geotechnical and structural effects 
  • Capacity design philosophy

Week 2 - Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics and its Applications in Earthquake Engineering – Part 1

  • Force displacement system
  • Damping Force
  • Equation of motion – external force 
  • Equation of motion – earthquake excitation
  • Undamped free vibration systems
  • Viscously damped free damping
  • Earthquake response of linear systems
  • Response spectrum concept 
  • Deformation, pseudo-velocity and pseudo-acceleration response spectra
  • Peak structural response from the response spectrum

Week 3 - Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics and its Applications in Earthquake Engineering – Part 2

  • Multi degree of freedom systems
  • Discretization of structural systems
  • Elastic, damping & inertia forces
  • Damping force
  • Equation of motion 
  • Free vibration – Systems without damping
  • Modal response spectrum analysis
  • Equivalent lateral force method

Week 4 - Conceptual Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance - Part 1

  • General principles of conceptual seismic design 
  • Regularity and irregularity of building structures

Week 5 - Conceptual Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Resistance - Part 2

  • Essentials of structural system for seismic resistance - RC frame systems, wall systems, and dual systems 
  • The Capacity Design philosophy
  • The role of a stiff and strong vertical spine in the building
  • Ductility as an alternative to strength

Week 6 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 1

  • Design of beams with reference to IS 13920

Week 7 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 2

  • Design of columns and beam - column joints with reference to IS 13920

Week 8 - Detailed Design of Concrete Buildings - Part 3

  • Design of shear walls with reference to IS 13920

Week 9 - ETABS Modeling

  • Architectural drawings - a cost efficient load path carved out using ETABS 2016. 
  • From identifying loads, to creating an ETABS model
  • Complete analysis and design of RCC building in zone 5 will be demonstrated

Week 10 - Foundation Design - Part 1

  • Foundation structures for frames and structural walls
  • Footing & pile design using Excel spreadsheet

Week 11 - Foundation Design - Part 2

  • Check for liquefaction
  • Design of raft foundation using SAFE

Mastering Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams

Week 1 - Introduction

  • Concepts of stress and strain
  • Important aspects of stress-strain curves of steel and concrete materials
  • Hooke’s law
  • Modulus of elasticity
  • Limit of proportionality
  • Yield stress
  • Proof stress
  • Fundamentals of equilibrium state 
  • Types of equilibrium
  • Equilibrium equations
  • Beams and their various types

Week 2 - Analysis of Single Span Beams

  • Analysis approach for single-span beams
  • Types of loading
  • Uniform loading
  • Concentrated load
  • Linearly varying load
  • Determining the bending moment and shear force diagrams of beams
  • Sign convention used in the industry

Week 3 - Introduction to Methods of Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Beams and Analysis of Propped Cantilever Beams

  • Statically indeterminate beams
  • Different methods of analysis of statically indeterminate structures 
  • Stiffness method
  • Force method
  • Equilibrium and deformation compatibility equations 
  • Overview on Castigliano’s theorem for determining displacements
  • Determination of bending moment and shear force diagrams of a single span statically indeterminate beam
  • Analysis of propped cantilever beam subjected to uniform load and concentrated load

Week 4 - Introduction to Internal Hinges in Beams and Two Span Continuous Beams

  • Internal hinges in statically indeterminate beams along with real-life examples
  • Implications of internal hinges on bending moments
  • Analysis of single-span and two-span beams with internal hinge
  • Determining bending moment and shear force diagrams

Week 5 - Introduction to Influence Line Diagrams

  • Concept of influence line diagram and its applications
  • Influence lines of vertical reactions for a single span simply supported beam
  • Concept of moving loads
  • Determining absolute maximum bending moment in a beam due to a system of concentrated loads

Week 6 - Introduction to Muller Breslau’s principle

  • Müller-Breslau’s principle 
  • Concept of load patterning
  • Application of Müller-Breslau’s principle 
  • Determination of qualitatively maximum moment in midspan
  • Maximum moment over support
  • Maximum support reaction for multi-span beams

Week 7 - Introduction to Flexible Supports of Beams (springs)

  • Concept of flexible supports
  • Real-life examples of flexible supports
  • Importance of considering support’s flexibility in statically indeterminate beams
  • Analysis of two-span beam with one of the supports as spring
  • Significance of support flexibility by comparing the analytical findings to a two-span beam without flexible supports.

Week 8 - Introduction to Portal Frames

  • Portal frame structures
  • Various types of portal frames 
  • Single storey single bay
  • Single storey two bays
  • Two storeys single bay
  • Two storeys two bays
  • Multi-storied multibay 
  • Application of portal frames in real-life structures like steel and concrete buildings

Week 9 - Analysis of Single Storied Portal Frame Subjected to Gravity Load

  • Analysis of single-storey portal frame with fixed base subjected to concentrated load using slope deflection method
  • The concept of the sway of the portal frame due to gravity loads

Week 10 - Analysis of Single-Storey Portal Frame Subjected to Lateral Loads

  • Analysis of single-storey portal frame with fixed bases using slope deflection method

Week 11 - Approximate Methods of Analysis for Multi-Storey Portal Frames

  • Approximate methods of analysis of multi-storied portal frames using
  • Portal frame method
  • Cantilever method
  • Derivation of bending moment and shear force diagrams

Week 12 - Introduction to Modelling in ETABS

  • Overview of the ETABS software
  • Demonstration of ETABS analysis of single and multi-span beams.
  • Modeling flexible support in ETABS is demonstrated.
  • Demonstration of ETABS's analysis of single-story and multi-story portal frames under varied support situations.
  • Measuring sway deformation and lateral drifts in the portal frame.

Structural Actions on Tall Buildings using International Codes

WEEK 1 - Introduction to Tall Buildings And Gravity Loads

  • Definition of Tall Building
  • Historical Background
  • Ten Tallest Buildings around the World
  • Asia – Land of Tall Buildings
  • Need for tall buildings
  • Factors affecting tall buildings
  • Functional Requirements
  • Structural Design Considerations
  • Concept of Premium for Height
  • Cost optimization for Tall Buildings
  • Design Process
  • Loading on Tall Buildings
  • Dead Loads
  • Superimposed Dead Loads
  • Live Loads

WEEK 2 - Gravity Loads And Seismic Loads

  • Live Loads
  • Other Special Load Cases
  • Load Combinations
  • Basic Concepts
  • Design Process
  • Design Approaches
  • Dynamic Analysis

WEEK 3 - Seismic Loads

  • Response Spectrum
  • Damping
  • Ductility 
  • Code Provisions

WEEK 4 - Wind Loads

  • Wind load - Definition
  • Pressure Calculation
  • Design Considerations
  • Types of Wind
  • Characteristics of Wind
  • Code Provisions

WEEK 5 - Wind Loads and Design Criteria

  • Codal Provisions
  • Wind Tunnel Testing
  • Design Approach
  • Lateral Load Design Philosophy
  • Functional Requirements
  • Components of Tall Buildings
  • Structural Behaviour
  • Limit States
  • Sway
  • Mitigation of Wind
  • Fire Requirements

WEEK 6 - Stability Systems

  • Codal Provisions
  • Fire Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Factors Affecting Stability System
  • Shear Wall System
  • Coupled Shear Walls System
  • Moment Frame System
  • Dual System
  • Other Stability Systems
  • Diaphragms
  • Slab Systems
  • Outrigger Structures

WEEK 7 - Second-Order Effects and Long-term Effects on Tall Buildings

  • Second-Order Effects
  • Long Term Effects
  • Thermal Loads
  • Structural Integrity

WEEK 8 - Modelling using ETABS

  • Input Parameters for Analysis of Buildings in ETABS
  • Verification of Results from ETABS
  • Assigning Parameters for the Design of Building Elements in ETABS

WEEK 9 - Substructures in Tall Building - 1

  • Introduction to Substructures
  • Usage of Substructures
  • Design Considerations
  • Ground Investigations
  • Foundation Systems
  • Ground Water Considerations

WEEK 10 - Substructures in Tall Building - 2

  • Stages of Basement Construction
  • Types of Excavation
  • Types of Shoring Systems
  • Basement Waterproofing Systems

WEEK 11 - Modelling using SAFE And Special Topics

  • Exporting Forces from ETABS to SAFE
  • Input Parameters
  • Analysis and Design Checks
  • Damping

WEEK 12 - Miscellaneous Topics

  • Seismic Isolation
  • Wind Tunnel Testing
  • Design Optimisation

Structural Design of Highrise Precast Buildings using ETABS

Week 01 - Basic Intro: Codes, Inputs, software


  • Precast concrete structures are distinguished from cast-in-place structures by their essential differences.
  • Structural design of G+15 precast building
  • Inputs required 
  • Architectural plan of the buildings
  • Location of the building
  • Usage of the building
  • Substructure Information (soil capacity, subgrade modulus)
  • Slight brief about the structural codes to be used IS 456, IS 1893, IS 13920, IS 15916, PCI reference
  • Slight brief about the software to be used during the course 

Week 02 - Concept Design

  • At a different level, work with the architectural plan and prepare the structural framing.
  • Recognize and establish the building's vertical load path.
  • Understand and establish the building's lateral load resisting system/stability system.
  • Understanding the structure's grounding of forces
  • Freeze the building's structural system's quality.
  • Prepare the structural frame drawings for all levels in order to prepare the analytical model.

Week 03 - Concept Design - Precast

  • Breaking down the structural parts into precast members that are possible
  • Understanding the fundamentals of various precast elements
  • The size criteria for various precast members
  • An overview of the different types of precast elements
  • Developing new structural plans in accordance with the precast structural scheme
  • Developing some rudimentary connection sketches at this stage

Week 04 - Force Calculation

  • Identifying all the forces considered for the analysis
  • Calculation of all the forces
  • The calculation for wind, snow, & earthquake loads
  • Basic understanding of IS 1893 (Static & Dynamic method)
  • Hand calculations showing seismic base shear
  • Additional stages to be taken for precast members: demolding, transportation, and erection

Week 05 - Load combinations, Strength & Serviceability parameters, Progressive collapse

  • Load combination as per IS 456 & IS 1893
  • Strength parameters for precast members
  • Serviceability parameters & checks for precast building
  • Introduction to Progressive collapse
  • Progressive collapse prevention system for the building
  • Introduction to horizontal & vertical ties

Week 06 - Analytical model of the precast building in ETABS

  • Setting up the analytical model 
  • The geometry of the analytical model as per framing plans
  • Preliminary sizing of the structural members
  • Section properties of the structural members
  • Support parameters, connection parameters, and mass source
  • DBR preparation

Week 07 - Analytical model – Loading, connection parameters, foundation properties, and seismic inputs

  • Load application on the analytical model
  • Seismic load application on the analytical model 
  • Wind load application 
  • Mass source 
  • Load combination
  • Limit state of strength & serviceability 

Week 08 - Behavior of the analytical model

  • Checking the behaviour of the analytical model
  • The deflected shape under various load cases (dead, lateral)
  • Base reactions & uplifts
  • Story drifts & deflections
  • Connection forces in FEM design 
  • The mode shapes & governing modes 
  • The mode participation factors
  • Preliminary system run design of the members

Week 09 - Foundation design of the building & Precast element design

  • Detailed analysis for base reaction forces
  • Based on base reactions and soil qualities, a form of foundation is suggested
  • Create a foundation utilising SAFE and a raft reinforcement design
  • Additional checks for the foundation
  • Verifying the initially assumed sizes of the members
  • Detailed design of the precast elements
  • Design for reinforcement precast slabs (solid slabs, Hollow core slabs) 
  • Design for precast reinforced beams & Columns
  • Design for precast concrete walls 

Week 10 - Design of various precast elements

  • Additional inspections will be carried out during the lifting and transportation stages
  • Other design stages require connection and strengthening
  • Information on many sorts of structural elements in general
  • Slabs with hollow cores, filigree slabs, and balcony slabs, as well as their connections
  • Introduction to Prestressed structural members
  • Types of precast walls
  • Sandwich walls 
  • Double walls
  • Battery walls
  • Cavity walls

Week 11 - Design of precast connections

  • Identifying & computing connection forces from the analytical model
  • Schematic design of a precast connection
  • Connection sketches 
  • Detailed connection design for various connections 
  • Wall – Wall horizontal 
  • Wall – Wall vertical 
  • Wall – Foundation 
  • Wall – Slabs
  • Beam – Slab 
  • Beam – Column connections 
  • Balcony slab – Beam connection
  • General information about various types of connections

Week 12 - Diaphragm design and Robustness

  • Design for the semi-rigid diaphragm of the precast deck
  • Cast on-site reinforcement required for diaphragm action
  • Details for cast-on-site reinforcing are being prepared
  • Robustness system of the building 
  • Provision of horizontal and vertical ties in the building
  • Computing Tie forces 
  • Changed connection forces 

Structural Analysis and Design of Composite Structures using ETABS

Week 1 - Structural Systems for Tall Buildings (Part 1)

  • Basics of tall buildings
  • Tallest buildings in the world (as of 2020)
  • Loadings and supports
  • Structural mechanics concepts
  • Structural elements and their behaviour
  • Structural systems and their classification

     

Week 2 - Structural Systems for Tall Buildings (Part 2)

  • Structural systems and their behaviour
  • Comparative study of structural systems
  • Shanghai Tower – structural framing & challenges
  • Taipei 101 – structural framing & challenges
  • p-δ analysis

Week 3 - Loads on Tall Buildings

  • Gravity loads
  • Load paths
  • Modelling of structure
  • Wind loads as per IS 875: 2015 (Part 3)
  • Wind load estimation & application in ETABS
  • Earthquake loads as per IS 1893: 2016
  • Seismic load estimation & application in ETABS
  • Design philosophy in wind & seismic loads

Week 4 - Modal Analysis of Tall buildings

  • Underlying Physics
  • D'alembert's Principle
  • Equation of Motion
  • Modal Analysis
  • Influence of Modal Response
  • Idealized Model – SDOF Structure

Week 5- Structural Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures (Part 1)

  • Structural actions
  • Concrete & its key properties
  • Characteristic strength
  • Stress-strain curves
  • Creep & shrinkage
  • Corrosion
  • Design methodology
  • Limit state of design
  • Load combinations

Week 6 - Structural Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures (Part 2)

  • Type of slab & its function
  • One-way vs Two-way slabs
  • Slab design & detailing
  • Beam types
  • Beam analysis & design
  • Column classification
  • Column analysis & design
  • Wall design

Week 7 - Structural Analysis and Design of Steel Structures (Part 1)

  • Steel vs Concrete comparative study
  • Structural steel sections
  • Section classification
  • Allowable stress design
  • Limit state design
  • Design flow chart
  • Design of tension members
  • Failure modes and strength estimation

Week 8 - Structural Analysis And Design Of Steel Structures (Part 2)

  • Design of compression member
  • Euler buckling criteria
  • Flexural buckling
  • Torsional-Flexural buckling
  • Design of beams
  • Deflection criteria for the beams
  • Bolted connection
  • Welded connection

Week 9 - Fundamentals of Composite Structures (Part 1)

  • Composite structures
  • Practical applications
  • Key advantages
  • Composite deck slab
  • Design philosophy
  • Construction of composite deck slab
  • Advantages of composite deck slab
  • Connection details

Week 10 - Fundamentals to Composite Structures (Part 2)

  • Composite beam philosophy
  • Load transfer
  • Design criteria
  • Prefabricated composite beams
  • Composite coupling beams
  • Composite columns
  • Load capacity of composite columns
  • Composite connection
  • Composite wall
  • Software advances 

Week 11 - Framing Plan for Composite Deck Slab (Part 1)

  • Composite deck slabs
  • Various available profiles
  • Design parameters
  • Floor framing options
  • Manual calculations
  • Deck sizing and selection
  • Modelling and analysis in ETABS
  • Analysis of composite beams
  • Design of composite beam

Week 12 - Framing Plan for Composite Deck Slab (Part 2)

  • Construction details of composite slab
  • Shear connectors
  • Shear studs and their load transfer mechanism
  • Shear resistance of the studs
  • Floor vibration
  • Cambering
  • Heat cambering vs cold cambering
  • Scheduling of construction

     

Week 13 - Structural Design of Composite Buildings using ETABS (Part 1)

  • Study of an apartment floor plan and its occupancy
  • Schematizing the structure with a dual system
  • Selection of codes & Materials in ETABS
  • Defining the steel beam member and Composite column in ETABS

Week 14 - Structural Design of Composite Building using ETABS (Part 2)

  • Definition of composite deck slabs in ETABS
  • Overview of Seismic load factors from IS-1893 and its application in ETABS
  • Overview of Wind load factors from IS-875 and its application in ETABS
  • Analysis and design verification of Composite columns & Steel beams in ETABS

Reinforced Cement Concrete Design

Week 01 - Structural systems, Properties of concrete & Properties of reinforcing steel

  • Objectives of structural design
  • Example of structural systems (different types of floor systems, vertical and lateral framing systems etc.)
  • Design codes
  • Basics of concrete mix proportions and unit weight.
  • Unconfined compressive strength of concrete (cylinder & cube)
  • Stress-strain curve for concrete and its characteristics modified Hognestad parabola)
  • Concrete stress-strain curve per IS 456:2000
  • Confined strength of concrete (overview)
  • Characteristic strength of concrete, the tensile strength of concrete
  • Shrinkage & creep
  • Properties of steel (stress v/s strain, Fe250/Fe415/Fe500)

Week 02 - Design Philosophies & Beam in Flexure (analysis)

  • Preview into WSM, Strength Design (ULM) and Limit State Design (LSD)
  • Two Limit States (serviceability & strength)
  • Characteristic loads and load safety factor
  • Design material strength
  • Building frame example [Load distribution from slab – beam-column – foundation]
  • Slabs in building
  • One-way slabs (behaviour and structural analysis)
  • Theory of flexure
  • Concept of the neutral axis
  • Failure modes of RC section (under-reinforced, over-reinforced & balanced section)
  • Moment of resistance

Week 03 - One-way slabs & Two-way slabs

  • Structural analysis and design of one-way slab
  • Reinforcement detailing for one-way slabs
  • Introduction to two-way slabs
  • Difference between one-way & two-way slabs
  • Analysis of two-way slabs
  • Effective span for two-way slabs
  • Design example (two-way slabs)
  • Reinforcement detailing in two-way slabs

Week 04 - Beams in Flexure

  • Introduction to reinforced concrete beams
  • Moment of resistance
  • Concept of flanged beams in buildings
  • Analysis of under-reinforced rectangular beams
  • Analysis of over-reinforced rectangular beams
  • Flanged beams (effective width and other
  • characteristics)
  • Analysis of flanged beams in flexure
  • Limiting percentage of steel in beams

Week 05 - Beams in Flexure

  • Analysis of T-Beam (design example)
  • Concept of doubly reinforced rectangular beam
  • Analysis of doubly reinforced beam

Week 06 - Beams in Flexure, Bond, development length and anchorage length

  • Structural analysis of beam in the building frame
  • Design of singly reinforced beam in the building frame
  • Reinforcement detailing of beams
  • Bond strength of concrete
  • Development length and anchorage length

Week 07 - Shear

  • Principal stress in beams
  • Modes of cracking
  • Shear transfer mechanism
  • Effect of reinforcement on shear failure
  • Nominal shear stress in the beam
  • Critical section for one-way shear
  • Shear strength without shear reinforcement
  • Shear strength of the slab
  • Shear strength with shear reinforcement
  • Reinforcement detailing of shear reinforcement
  • Design example

Week 08 - Torsion & Deep Beams

  • Torsion in structural members (compatibility torsion and equilibrium torsion)
  • Torsional reinforcement provisions per IS code
  • Torsional reinforcement detailing
  • Design example
  • Introduction to deep beams and design example

Week 09 - Columns

  • Tied columns and spiral column
  • Loading on columns
  • The effective length of the column (braced & unbraced length)
  • Effective length per IS 456
  • Slender and short columns, slenderness limits
  • Reinforcement detailing of columns
  • The design strength of short column under pure axial load

Week 10 - Columns

  • Short column subjected to axial load and uniaxial moment
  • Strain profile under axial load and varying eccentricities
  • Introduction to P-M interaction curve
  • Possible modes of failure of column
  • Generating P-M interaction curve (equations and design example)
  • Design of column subjected to axial load and uniaxial moment
  • Design of column subjected to axial load and biaxial moment
  • Use of design aids (SP 16) for column design

Week 11 - Foundations

  • Types of foundation (isolated, raft, combined, wall)
  • Bearing pressure under footing (due to axial load, axial load and uniaxial moment)
  • Design considerations (Bearing pressure, one-way shear, two-way shear and flexure)
  • Transfer of forces at column base: Bearing of concrete
  • Reinforcement detailing
  • Design example: Isolated, concentrically loaded footing
  • Design example: Isolated, eccentrically loaded footing

Week 12 - Foundations

  • Combined foundation (introduction and need for combined foundation)
  • Analysis of combined foundation
  • Design example: Combined foundation

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