Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Announcing Workshop on

Structural Analysis using ETABS

To be conducted at IIT Kanpur during March 16-17, 2015

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

Stagedanalysisetc.
14.NonlinearPushoveranalysis.Anoverview,
objectivesandstrategies.Detailedexampleof
pushoveranalysis,interpretationofresultsand
drawingtheinferences.
PARTICIPANTS
15Discretenonlinearelements.Theusefulnessof
The workshop is designed for
suchnonlinearelements.Conceptofenergy
Civil Engineers engaged in planning,
dissipation.Analysiswithdampersandbaseisolators.
design, or construction of buildings.
16.BaseIsolationbasics.
Senior professionals responsible for
17.DesignofconcreteframesinETABS
directing these activities
18.DesignofSteelframeelementsinETABS
WORKSHOP CONTENTS
19.ModellinganddesignofshearwallsinETABS
1.Modellingofabuildingstructure:anoverview, 20.Foundationmodellingimportance,caseswhenwe
Objectivesandstrategies
needtoaccountforthat.
2.AnalysisFlavours:Linear,Nonlinear
21.Practicalhintsonmodellingtosatisfythebuilding
3.IntroductiontoETABS:Itshistoryandcurrent
codes.
capabilities.
22.CertainnonlinearanalysesrelatedwithPDelta
4.ETABSGUI,Modellingoverviewfromstartto
effectswhichwecannotignoreevenindaytoday
finishbyasimpleexample
work
5.Objectbasedmodelling:Majordifferencesfrom 23.Designofshellelementslikebasematsandflat
elementbasedmodelling.Goodworkmethods
slabs
6.ModellingObjectsofETABSviz,point,line,area
WORKSHOP FACULTY
andlinkobjects.Polymorphismofobjects,
The workshop will be conducted by
7.PointObject:Themostbasicobject,its
Prof. Durgesh C. Rai, IIT Kanpur ,
usefulnessandmodellingoptions.Whentouse
Mr. Rajiv Sharma, CSI New Delhi and
multiplepointsatsamelocation
Mr. Hemant Kumar, CSI New Delhi.
8.Lineobjects:Utilityoflineobjects,modelling
VENUE
scopeviz,truss,3Dbeam,columns,Assignment
The workshop will be conducted at IIT Kanpur.
optionsforchangingthecharacteroflineobject
9.Areaobjects:UtilityofAreaObjects,modelling REGISTRATION
scopeviz.membrane,plate,shells,Uniformshell, The workshop fee is Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen
Thousand Only) per participant. It includes
layeredshell,loadapplication,OtherAssignment
workshop material, lunch, and tea breaks. The
optionsofareaobjects
10.LinkObjects:UtilityofLinkObjects,modelling fee is payable in advance by a crossed draft in
scope,detailedtreatmentoflinearandnonlinear favour of Workshop on ETABS, IIT Kanpur or
through credit card by December 31, 2014.
linkobjects
11.Alltypeofobjectsmaybepresentinthesame Limited twin-sharing accommodation is
available on first-come first-served basis at IITK
model.Caretobetakeninsuchcases.
12.Settinguploadcasesforanalysis.Overviewof Guest House on payment.
analysisavailableinETABSviz.Linear/Nonlinear
Interested persons should send the
casesandtypessuchasstatic,Spectrum,buckling, enclosed Registration Form to:
modal,timehistory,stagedanalysisetc.
Cdr (Retd.) Suresh Ailawadi
13.Simpleexamplesofeachtypeofanalysis.Non Department of Civil Engineering
linearanalysistoaccountforcontactproblemsand Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
geometricnonlinearitylikePDeltaanalysis,
Kanpur - 208 016
Phone: (0512) 2597749 Email: asuresh@iitk.ac.in
The aim of the workshop is to provide the
participants an overview on Structural
Analysis using ETABS.