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| GCIV2042-2 | Designing buildings in high-risk areas
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| Duration : | 16h Th, 8h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | André Plumier |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | This course describes a series of hazard to which building structures can be submitted. It explains their effects on buildings and the way in which these structures could be designed in order to offer a satisfactory behaviour and achieve safety to the persons.
The following items are treated successively: earthquakes, flooding, fires, landslides, wind, tornadoes, impact, explosion.
A stress is put on seismic design and fire design. The concept of structural robustness seen as the first line of defence against exceptional actions is introduced. |
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| Course objective : | To give to the students the basic information that will allow them to design a building that will behave correctly against accidental actions.
To give them the principles of the calculation methods that are used to design for these actions. |
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| Prerequisites : | Good understanding of strength of materials and of structural mechanics. |
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| Workshops : | Some simple exercices, either demonstrated to the students or to be done by them, about eartquakes and fire. |
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| Organization : | Schedule in 2008-2009.
Wednesday morning
from 17/09/08 to 22/10/08. |
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| Written notes : | Written notes shall be available. |
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| Assessment : | Oral Examination.
A list of subjects defining the items to study will be distributed. |
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| Contacts : | André Plumier
a.plumier@ulg.ac.be
Phone: ++32(0)43669230 |
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