Tsunami Loads & Design Provisions

Catalog description

Introduction to the calculation of tsunami induced loads and structural design provisions required by the ASCE 7 Standard. Topics include; history of tsunami events, application of tsunami design zone maps, tsunami risk categories, tsunami flow characteristics, calculation of inundation depths and flow velocities based on runup, calculation of hydrostatic loads, hydrodynamic loads and debris impact loads on structural systems, structural performance evaluation of buildings. Pre-requisites: CEEN 303 and CIVL 406 ; can be taken with CIVL 406 .