Short Course on Seismic Design of Reinforced and Confined Masonry Buildings
February 17‐21, 2014 IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
PROGRAMME
Monday, February 17, 2014
Time Topic Speaker
8:30‐9:30 Registration
9:30‐10:00 Inauguration
10:00‐10:30 Tea and Group Photograph
10:30‐11:00 Introduction of Participants and the Course
11:00‐11:30 Masonry construction in India ‐ relevance of the course Sudhir Jain
11:30‐12:30 Masonry construction around the world Svetlana Brzev
12:30‐1:30 Lunch
1:30‐2:30 Masonry buildings: key components and design methods Svetlana Brzev
2:30‐3:30 Masonry materials Durgesh Rai
3:30‐4:00 Tea
4:00‐5:00 Mechanical properties of masonry Durgesh Rai
5:00‐6:00 Earthquakes: how, why, and where Dhiman Basu
6:00‐6:30 Discussion
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
9:00‐10:00
Behaviour and failure mechanisms for masonry shear
walls Svetlana Brzev
10:00‐11:00
Design of unreinforced masonry shear walls for axial load,
bending, and shear Durgesh Rai
11:00‐11:30 Tea
11:30‐12:30
Design of reinforced masonry shear walls for axial load,
bending, and shear Svetlana Brzev
12:30‐1:30 Lunch
1:30‐2:30 Example: design of a reinforced masonry shear wall Svetlana Brzev
2:30‐3:30 Nature of earthquake loading and seismic design concept Sudhir Jain
3:30‐4:00 Tea
4:00‐5:00 Indian Seismic Code IS:1893 (Part 1) ‐ 2005 Dhiman Basu
6:30 Departure for dinner
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
9:00‐10:00
Seismic load distribution at floor level (including
diapgragms and wall stiffness) Svetlana Brzev
10:00‐11:00
Irregular masonry buildings; torsional design
considerations Dhiman Basu
11:00‐11:30 Tea
11:30‐12:30
An overview of analysis approaches for multi‐storey
masonry buildings J.J. Perez Gavilan
12:30‐1:30 Lunch
1:30‐2:30 Seismic detailing and construction of RM shear walls Svetlana Brzev
2:30‐3:30 Example: seismic design of a medium‐rise RM building Durgesh Rai
3:30‐4:00 Tea
4:00‐5:00 Performance of masonry buildings in past earthquakes Svetlana Brzev
5:00‐6:00 Topics on Request
Thursday, February 20, 2014
9:00‐10:00
Confined masonry buildings ‐ key components and
performance in past earthquakes Svetlana Brzev
10:00‐11:00 Analysis of confined masonry buildings
J.J. Perez Gavilan/S.
Brzev
11:00‐11:30 Tea
11:30‐12:30
Example: seismic analysis of a medium‐rise confined
masonry building J.J. Perez Gavilan
12:30‐1:30 Lunch
1:30‐2:30
Design and construction of confined masonry buildings ‐
new IITG campus Dhiman Basu
2:30‐5:30 Site visit ‐ construction of the IITG campus
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Friday, February 21, 2014
9:00‐10:00
Design requirements for masonry walls and RC confining
elements subjected to effects of axial load, bending, and
shear J.J. Perez Gavilan
10:00‐11:00 Example: seismic design of confined masonry walls J.J. Perez Gavilan
11:00‐11:30 Tea
11:30‐12:30
Walls with openings; design for out‐of‐plane seismic
loading
Svetlana
Brzev/Durgesh Rai
12:30‐1:30 Lunch
1:30‐2:30
Foundations in masonry buildings; construction
specifications Svetlana Brzev
2:30‐3:30
Construction inspection of masonry buildings ‐
experience from different countries
Durgesh Rai,
Svetlana Brzev, and
J.J. Perez Gavilan
3:30‐4:00 General Questions and Discussion/ Course Evaluation
4:00‐5:00 Valediction followed by High Tea
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