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CIVIL-237: Safety and reliability

Résumé

Ce cours comporte les notions de sécurité ainsi que les mesures à prendre pour maîtriser des situations de danger relatives aux structures. La modélisation des actions et les principes de vérification d'éléments de structures sont introduits selon une approche déterministe et probabiliste.

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Enseignant·e

Eugen Brühwiler

birth date: 19.11.1958 nationality: Swiss (native from Dussnang, Canton of Thurgau) Education : - July 1988 : doctoral degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland with a thesis entitled Fracture mechanics of dam concrete subjected to quasi-static and seismic loading conditions - December 1983 : civil engineering diploma (university degree) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland Professional Experience : - Since 1st April 1995 : Professor of Structural Engineering at EPFL and Head of the Laboratory of Maintenance, Construction and Safety for Civil Structures (MCS) (often considered being the first chair worldwide devoted exclusively to existing civil structures). - 1991-94 Project Manager and structural engineer with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Division of Bridges and Structures, Zurich: Monitoring and maintenance of bridges and structures, Project manager and checking engineer for the construction of new bridges and rehabilitation of existing bridges. - 1989/90 Research associate at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA : Fracture mechanics of concrete and fracture of concrete dams. - 1986-88 Doctoral student at EPFL-LMC (Building Materials, Prof. Wittmann) : Fracture mechanics of concrete, fracture of concrete dams under seismic loading - 1984/85 Research engineer at EPFL-ICOM (Steel Structures, Prof. Badoux and Prof. Hirt) : Fatigue behaviour and fracture mechanics of riveted bridges

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http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-237

Résumé

Séances de cours

Enseignant·e

Eugen Brühwiler

Source officielle

Page Moodle

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-237

Proximité ontologique

Génie civil

Ingénierie des structures: Ingénierie des structures

Business

Administration des affaires: Gestion des risques

Industrial and production engineering

Ingénierie de fiabilité: Ingénierie de fiabilité

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