CIV ENG 738 / Seismic Behaviour, Analysis and Design of Masonry Structures

3 unit(s)

W. El-Dakhakhni

The course covers different concepts of seismic design, component behaviour, system-level performance and detailing; slender shear wall behaviour, location strategies, analysis procedure, equivalent systems, design for strength and ductility, coupled walls, capacity design of cantilever wall systems; squat walls; infill walls and out-of-plane seismic response, effect of openings, assessment of masonry structures; performance- and displacement-based seismic design; seismic Design, Code philosophies in North America [CSA-S304.1, CSA-A 23.3 and NBCC] (Canada) and ASCE 41, MSJC and ASCE7/IBC] (USA); experimental testing techniques: quasi-static and dynamic testing, and use of scaled-models.