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As the seismic risk is
very high in Iran, the engineers must be familiar with the basis and the
fundamentals of seismic design and performance of structures, seismic design
standards and codes, methods of vulnerability assessment and retrofitting of
existing structures. Short technical courses covering mentioned fields have
been most beneficial to 2500 engineers who have participated so far. 21 such
technical short courses have been given to enhance their career skills.
The technical short course has been offered in Tehran and in the main cities
of other provinces. The duration of technical short courses has been
estimated between 2 and 4 days, (20 to 32 hours). There has been other
technical short courses either national or international covering subjects
such as, base isolation, vulnerability studies of existing structures,
seismic geotechnics, dynamic of structures, seismology, monitoring
earthquakes and data processing.
As Iran is into it’s third five year economical, social and cultural
development plan and considering national retrofitting program of existing
structures, the department of budget and planning has designated IIEES for
the two technical short courses titled as “ Important topics in earthquake
engineering and recent innovations” and “Fundamentals of seismic
retrofitting and the available methods”.
Their main topics of the
two mentioned courses include:
Important topics in
earthquake engineering and recent innovations
(Duration of course 5 days i.e. 40 hrs, registration available every 45
days)
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The basic concept of risk
and risk assessment, its control and reduction
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Methods of risk analysis
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Geotechnical hazard and its
effect on construction site during a strong earthquake motion
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Behavior of structures
under earthquake motion
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Basis of dynamic behavior
of structures and methods of analysis
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Philosophy and principles
of design against earthquakes considering architectural aspects, performance,
diaphragms, ductility, relative displacement and stability
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Key points in seismic steel
design
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Key points in seismic
non-structural designs
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Key points in designing R/C
structures against earthquakes
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Key points in designing
foundations against earthquakes
Fundamentals of
seismic retrofitting and the available methods
(Duration of course 10 days i.e. 60 hrs, registration available every 45
days)
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The basic concept of risk
and risk assessment, its control and reduction
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Methods of risk analysis
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Geotechnical hazard and its
effect on construction site during a strong earthquake motion
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Behavior of structures
under earthquake motion
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Basis of dynamic behavior
of structures and methods of analysis
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Philosophy and principles
of design against earthquakes considering architectural aspects, performance,
diaphragms, ductility, relative displacement and stability
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Definition of vulnerability
(Preliminary screening and detailed evaluation) and vulnerability criterion
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Vulnerability assessment
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Methods available for
preliminary screening of structures
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Advanced methods in
retrofitting and strengthening
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Retrofitting techniques
available for steel structures
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Retrofitting techniques
available for concrete structures
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Retrofitting techniques
available for masonry structures
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Retrofitting techniques
available for precast structures
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Case studies and
discussions
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