CERTIFICATE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

September 2014 Course Outline

E5-1 Seismic Design of Concrete Structures

Offered via classroom and web cast

Purpose: As a design course the objective is to transfer design and detailing philosophy for the design of the concrete
seismic load resisting system. It will spend essentially no time on how to determine the seismic forces on the building or
distribute those forces to the wall but will continue where the analysis finishes. The course will not cover the seismic
background as this is covered in other SEABC courses. Hand calculations will be used for determining the reinforcing
steel requirements for the concrete sections. The detailing requirements in A23.3 will be followed closely the aim of
this course is to have students be able to detail concrete structures in a way that meets Code requirements and produces
a system that will be behave well under seismic loading. Very little time will spent during the course on theoretical or
laboratory studies.

Selected Topics: Capacity design principles, hierarchy of failure, RdRo values for concrete systems, ductility, moment
capacity of walls, shear capacity of walls, effect of Rd values on wall system design, couple wall systems, footing design
for shear walls, moment frames, concrete diaphragms, conventional construction and detailing requirements of the gravity
frame systems.

Pre-requisite: No prerequisite, however some concrete design experience is recommended.

Course Coordinator: Anthony El-Araj, P.Eng., Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers

Instructors: Perry Adebar, Ph.D., P.Eng., University of British Columbia; Walter Janzen, M.A.Sc, P.Eng.,Bogdonov
Pao Assoc.; Andrew Metten, P.Eng., Struct.Eng.; Partner,Bush,Bohlman; Anthony El-Araj, P.Eng.,
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers

Contact: Anthony El-Araj, E-mail: aelaraj@glotmansimpson.com

Communications: Notices to students and questions outside of class will be handled only through e-mail.

Schedule: 12 Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., September 9 to December 2, 2010 (Mid-term break: October 21)
*Please note: Due to Stat Holiday, Tues. Nov 11, class will be held on Wed. Nov 12 instead.

Venue: Alma Van Dusen Room, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver (Underground
parking off of Hamilton)

Web cast: This course is being offered via the internet as well as in the classroom. As it is a live transmission, the
dates and times of the classes are the same as in the classroom. Should you wish to take this course via the internet,
please complete the application form provided for internet courses.

System requirements for LIVE e-learning Training:

Any DSL or Cable Connection at minimum of 1Mb.
Speakers and/or headset plugged into your PC.
PC with at least Windows 7 or XP running a processor greater than 1 GHz. with Ram of 1 Gb or greater.