Fundamental concepts on structural mechanics

• Introduction – Critical civil and industrial Infrastructures
• Risk and Emergency Management
• Structural Safety
• Structural Resilience
• Degradation of Construction Materials in critical Infrastructures
• Structural typology
• Risk Assessment Methods for Infrastructures
• Modelling and Simulation of Structural Response
• Practice lesson: Numerical Modelling
• Brief introduction to Structural Dynamics
• Practice lesson: Structural dynamics
• Accelerograms and Response Spectra
• Seismic design of Infrastructures
• Exceptional actions
• Practice lesson: Seismic design
• Non-Structural Elements
• Structural Strengthening Systems design
• Loss Analysis

• Understanding the fundamental principles of structural safety and resilience.
• Acquiring knowledge on analysis and design methods to enhance reliability of infrastructures in case of extreme events.
• Developing practical skills in risk and vulnerability assessment, as well as maintenance planning to enhance safety and resilience of infrastructures

In class and on-site practice sessions

Theory lessons

Oral exam

• Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing bridges through rapid visual screening methods.
• Advanced numerical analysis of industrial structures and infrastructures.
• Development of risk mitigation methods for industrial structures and infrastructures.
• Maintenance intervention design for industrial structures and infrastructures.

• A.K. Chopra – Dynamics of structures – Pearson
• M. J. N. Priestley et al. – Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges – Wiley-Interscience
• Jim Zhao, D. Tonias - Bridge Engineering: Design, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges - McGraw Hill
• E.N. Farsangi et al. - Reliability-Based Analysis and Design of Structures and Infrastructure – CRC Press
• Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures – European Standard
• Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance – European Standard