ENEQ670

Seismic Bridge Engineering

15 points

Not offered 2024, offered in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Description

History of bridges, construction techniques for viaducts, grid decking and box girder systems, creep, shrinkage and differential temperature, lessons learnt from earthquake failures and design issues, longitudinal and transversal seismic design with force and displacement approach, seismic design of bridge substructure, low damage technologies, seismic isolation, advanced non linear modelling, seismic assessment and retrofit techniques.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department or Programme Director