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After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Perform site classification
• Understand earthquake site amplification
• Conduct seismic site response analysis
• Appreciate the importance of seismic provisions in the design.

Description
The National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) prescribes design standards for buildings and provides the minimum requirements for “health, life safety and structural sufficiency” in new buildings. The NBCC also provides seismic design provisions and ground shaking for different cities in Canada. 

This lecture focuses on providing a basic understanding of earthquakes in Canada, designing geotechnical structures for earthquake loads and discussing the seismic design provisions in the NBCC from a geotechnical engineering perspective. All key geotechnical earthquake concepts will be explained, and emphasis will be placed on the practical application of the information provided.

Course Outline

• Earthquakes in Canada & Seismic Design Provisions
• NBCC site characterization and classification
• Ground response analysis
• Liquefaction under earthquake loading
• Seismic design of retaining walls
• Seismic design of foundations

Who Should Attend

Those who deal with construction-related geotechnical engineering issues or need to build background on geotechnical analyses & design, including:

• Civil, environmental & transportation engineers/technicians
• Geologists, city & public works officials/planners

Horaire : 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Exigences techniques

Pour les utilisateurs de PC
OS: Windows 7, 8, 10 ou plus récent

Navigateur :
IE 11 ou plus récent, Edge 12 ou plus récent, Firefox 27 ou plus récent, Chrome 30 ou plus récent

Pour les utilisateurs de Macintosh
OS: MacOS 10.7 ou plus récent

Navigateur :
Safari 7+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

iOS
OS: iOS 8 ou plus récent

Android
OS: Android 4.0 ou supérieur

FORMATEUR

Mohammad Rayhani, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. M.T. Rayhani is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and the director of Geo-engineering Research Group at Carleton University. He has over a decade of experience in research, teaching and engineering consulting, and has collaborated extensively with industry leaders worldwide. He has received research grants from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Transport Canada, and other funding agencies.

Dr. Rayhani has presented short courses, seminars, and guest lectures on various topics related to frontier research in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering in Canada, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, India, Iran, and other countries. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario and he is the author of over 50 publications in different areas of geo-engineering.

Dr. Rayhani is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.