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SPARC Seminar: SEISMIC RESILIENT STRUCTURES Achieving Resilience through Innovative Seismic Devices

11 November 2021

University College London (UCL) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) are organising a Seminar Series on ‘Seismic Resilient Structures: Achieving Resilience through Innovative Seismic Devices’.

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SPARC SEMINAR SERIES ON

SEISMIC RESILIENT STRUCTURES

Achieving Resilience through Innovative Seismic Devices

Organized by University College London, UK and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Dr. Fabio Freddi (UCL) and Dr Meera Raghunandan (IIT-B)

The socio-economic welfare and recovery time of communities in a post-earthquake scenario depends on the adequate functionality of strategic infrastructure facilities such as hospitals, fire stations, among others. Nonetheless, the focus of current seismic design codes is limited to ensuring the life-safety of the occupants with little consideration to minimizing damage. Such damage to building elements, including structural and non-structural components, strongly affects building functionality, often leading to lengthy service interruptions. In this regard, modern seismic design procedures should aim at the definition of ‘minimal-damage resilient structures’, ensuring the life-safety requirements as well as minimizing functionality losses and repair time. This is particularly true when considering strategic infrastructure facilities that must remain operational in the aftermath of a damaging earthquake.

Innovative seismic devices can be used in new and existing structures for the definition of ‘minimal-damage resilient structures’.

University College London (UCL) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) are organising a Seminar Series on ‘Seismic Resilient Structures: Achieving Resilience through Innovative Seismic Devices’.

This activity is part of and is supported by the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) collaborative project “Improved Community Performance from Seismically Resilient Strategic Infrastructure Facilities” coordinated by Meera Raghunandan (IIT-B) and Dr Fabio Freddi (UCL).

Programme

19 Nov. 2021        5:00 pm (IST) - 11:30 am(GMT)

Performance of Supplemental Inertial Devices for Base-Isolated Structures

Prof R.S. Jangid - Professor of Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

 

26 Nov. 2021        5:00 pm (IST) - 11:30 am(GMT)

Resilience and Robustness Oriented Design and Large-Scale Testing of a Base-Isolated Structures: The New Camerino University Research Center

Prof Andrea Dall'Asta - Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Camerino, Italy

Online Meeting Link: https://kaksha.webex.com/kaksha/j.php?MTID=m944d43bfbf8c0b5161d1bb99f7d1...

 

3 Dec. 2021          5:00 pm (IST) - 11:30 am(GMT)

Buckling-Restrained Braces as Seismic Resilient Dampers: Developments and Recent Advances

Prof Dipti Ranjan Sahoo - Professor of Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

 

14 Jan. 2022        5:00 pm (IST) - 11:30 am(GMT)

Seismic Response and Self-Centering Capacity of Moment Resisting Frames Equipped with FREEDAM Joints

Dr Massimo Latour – Researcher, University of Salerno, Italy

 

21 Jan. 2022        5:00 pm (IST) - 11:30 am(GMT)

Viscous dampers: modelling, design, and performance evaluation

Dr Enrico Tubaldi - Senior Lecturer of Structural Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK