2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Steel Structures
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Shoichi Kishiki
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Mon / 7-8 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.S405
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives the overview of post-earthquake damage evaluation and rehabilitation of steel structures. Topics include a basis of seismic performances and retrofit of building structures.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain the overview of post-earthquake damage evaluation and rehabilitation of steel structures
2) Evaluate the degree of damage of framing components from visible information
3) Propose rehabilitation design for a simple damaged structure
Keywords
Building structres, Earthquake engineering, Post-earthquake damage evaluation, Rehabilitation of damaged structures
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The instructor uses two or four classes and gives a lecture and exercise problems per topic.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Plastic Deformation Capacity and Seismic Performances(1) | Understand seismic desing based on plastic deformation capacity of framing components |
| Class 2 | Plastic Deformation Capacity and Seismic Performances(2) | Understand seismic desing based on plastic deformation capacity of framing components |
| Class 3 | Plastic Deformation Capacity and Seismic Performances(3) | Get ultimate strength of simple structure by using plasticity theory |
| Class 4 | Plastic Deformation Capacity and Seismic Performances(4) | Get ultimate strength of simple structure by using plasticity theory |
| Class 5 | Summary of Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(1) | Understand an overview of post-earthquake damage evaluation and rehabilitation of steel structures |
| Class 6 | Summary of Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(2) | Understand an overview of post-earthquake damage evaluation and rehabilitation of steel structures |
| Class 7 | Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation(1) | Understand damage evaluation method based on visible informations |
| Class 8 | Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation(2) | Understand damage evaluation method based on visible informations |
| Class 9 | Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation(3) | Evaluate damage degree of seismic members |
| Class 10 | Post-earthquake Damage Evaluation(4) | Evaluate damage degree of seismic members |
| Class 11 | Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(1) | Understand evaluation method of residual seismic perfromances of damaged building structures |
| Class 12 | Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(2) | Understand evaluation method of residual seismic perfromances of damaged building structures |
| Class 13 | Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(3) | Propose rehabilitation design for a simple damaged structure |
| Class 14 | Rehabilitation of Damaged Structures(4) | Propose rehabilitation design for a simple damaged structure |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
no textbook is set.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
no reference book is set.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercise problems:10%, Report:90%
Related courses
- nothing
Prerequisites
No prerequisites