Instructor: Marco Breccolotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Perugia University
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Course description
The course is aimed at providing students with information and tools to:
- Perform risk analysis of simple civil engineering structures and evaluate the risk of a system using relevant techniques and criteria.
- Perform reliability calculations at the element level, using relevant techniques, such as level III, II, I methods.
- Understand the main safety concepts behind structural design codes (Eurocode) and derive design values for load and strength for civil engineering structures.
The course is organized into three sections for a total of 18 hours (3 CFU). Classroom exercises will be developed to better understand the design techniques addressed in the theoretical part of the program.
Course program (3 CFU):
Section 1
June 23rd, 2023
9:30 – 11:30
Risk analysis
11:30 – 12:30
Classroom exercises
June 26th, 2023
9:30 – 11:30
Risk analysis
11:30 – 12:30
Classroom exercises
Section 2
June 27th, 2023
9:30 – 12:30
Basis of Reliability calculations and Level III methods
12:30 – 13:30
Classroom exercises
June 28th, 2023
9:30 – 12:30
Level II methods
12:30 – 13:30
Classroom exercises
Section 3
June 29th, 2023
9:30 – 11:30
Level I Methods and Derivation of Partial Factors
11:30 – 13:30
Classroom exercises
Marco Breccolotti is an Associate Professor in Structural Design at Perugia University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Perugia University. He was visiting researcher at Michigan University under the supervision of Prof. A.S. Nowak. Dr. Breccolotti has developed international scientific collaborations with several institutions among which the Technion – Israel Institute of Technologies (IL), the University of Michigan (USA), University of Oviedo (ES) and University of Cergy-Pointose (F). His research interests include safety assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures by nondestructive testing, structural reliability, evaluation of fire resistance of reinforced concrete structures, identification of damage in reinforced concrete structures through dynamic tests, and recycled aggregates concretes.
Location: Room 10 and Perugia University MS Teams platform
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Timetable: June 23rd, 26th 2023, 9:30 – 12:30 and June 27th, 28th, 29th 2023, 9:30 – 13:30