Course Overview

Understand the basic behavior of various seismic resisting steel members and systems. Discuss the core concepts and the implementation of the latest seismic steel building codes. Exercise the seismic design and nonlinear response analysis of seismic steel building systems.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

*Loading and resistance *Seismic load and structural ductility *Basic concepts on seismic design of steel building systems *Special moment resisting frame (SMRF) *Special concentrically braced frame (SCBF) *Eccentrically braced frame (EBF) *Buckling restrained braced frame (BRBF) *Steel panel shear wall (SPSW) *Steel and concrete composite beam *Elastic and inelastic static/dynamic response analysis of seismic steel building structures

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Keh-Chyuan Tsai

Other information

(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division *Registration eligibility: graduate students.

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