Division of Human Environmental System

13201 Ultimate Design of Frame Structures Summer

Description and rationale: This course outlines a concept of ultimate design for framed structures subjected

to severe lateral shear force. Multi-span and multi-story frames in buildings consisted of reinforced concrete or

steel structure are treated as the framed structures. After moment-rotation relationships in plastic region of

beams and columns are obtained from stress-strain relationships of their materials, the ultimate design of

framed structures based on static mechanics with elasto-plastic curves modified from the relationships of

members is studied.

Keywords: ultimate strength, deformability, elasto-plastic characteristics, framed structure, reinforced

concrete structure, steel structure, bending moment, shear force

Pre-requisite: static mechanics in elastic region, basis of reinforced concrete and steel structures

Expected students: master and doctoral

Instructors: Prof Yasuaki GOTO (gottsu@eng.hokudai.ac.jp)

Course outline:

(1) Introduction

Examples of building structures damaged by severe earthquakes and lessons from them

(2) Basis of ultimate structural design

Difference between elastic and ultimate strengths and relation between resistance and deformability

(3) Ultimate strengths of members

Estimation of ultimate strengths of beam and column members in reinforced concrete or steel structures

(4) Ultimate story resistance of framed structures

Estimation of ultimate story resistance of multi-span and multi-story structures

(5) Details of members in ultimate design

Details to get good deformability, shear transfer mechanism, anchorage resistance and so on in

ultimate stage.

Grading: based on activities and results of assignments given during the course

20%: class participation

40%: assignments (4-5 assignments are required during the term)

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 40%: final report

Textbooks and references: references and/or lecture notes provided by the instructor.

1) Text Book

Architectural Institute of Japan, Structural Design Guidelines for Reinforced Concrete Buildings

2) References

Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ Recommendation for Loads on Buildings

R. Park and T. Paulay, Reinforced Concrete Structures

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