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CIVIL-522: Seismic engineering

Summary

This course deals with the main aspects of seismic design and assessment of buildings including conceptual design. It covers different structural design and evaluation philosophies for new and existing reinforced concrete, steel and unreinforced masonry buildings.

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Dimitrios Lignos

Prof. Lignos joined the École Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2016 from McGill University in Canada where he was a tenured Associate Professor and a William Dawson Scholar for Infrastructure Resilience. He holds a diploma (National Technical University of Athens, NTUA, 2003), M.S. (Stanford University, 2004) and Ph.D. (Stanford University, 2008). In addition, he was a post-doctoral scientist at Stanford University (2009) and in Kyoto University (2010). Prof. Lignos teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in seismic design, nonlinear behaviour of steel and composite structures as well as supplemental damping systems, Structural Stability, Nonlinear Analysis and Performance-based Earthquake Engineering. His awards for teaching, research and service in Civil Engineering include the 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award (Faculty of Engineering, McGill University), as well as the Outstanding reviewer (2012, 2013) award from ASCE, the 2013 State-of-the-Art in Civil Engineering Award by ASCE and the 2014 Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence - Early Career. Just recently, he received the 2019 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from ASCE for significant contributions in developing state of the art methods to simulate extreme limit states in steel structures.Prof. Lignos is a member of ASCE and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. He acts as an Associate Editor for Metal Structures and Seismic Effects of the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. He joined the Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra and Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics International journals. He serves as an acting member of the CEN/TC 250/SC 8/WG 2 and has been selected as a member of the Project Team (PT2) for the Eurocode 8-Part 1 Current Revisions for Steel and Composite Structures. He is also a member of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) S16 technical committee for Steel Structures. Prof. Lignos is involved as a NEHRP consultant in numerous research-to-practice projects related to the behaviour and nonlinear modelling and analysis of structures applicable to the engineering practice through the Applied Technology Council (ATC). Detailed Curriculum Vitae (last update September 2018)

Igor Tomic

Savvas Saloustros

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http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-522

Summary

Lectures

Instructors (3)

Dimitrios Lignos

Igor Tomic

Savvas Saloustros

Official source

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-522

Lectures in this course (84)

Master Projects: Seismic Vulnerability & Masonry Structures Analysis Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers courses and master projects on nonlinear analysis, research skills, image processing, seismic vulnerability, and masonry structures analysis.

Bridge Pier Design Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the design of a reinforced concrete bridge pier for ductile behavior under seismic loading.

Spectra and Nonlinearity in Seismic Engineering Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores acceleration and displacement response spectra in seismic engineering, comparing linear and nonlinear systems.

Seismic Design Guidelines Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores seismic design guidelines for buildings, emphasizing simplicity, regularity, and structural strength to ensure safety and robustness.

Conceptual Seismic Design: Guidelines and Principles

Explores the principles of conceptual seismic design for new buildings, emphasizing simplicity, compactness, and structural integrity.

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