The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials,  educators, students or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the seismic analysis, design, and construction of special reinforced concrete moment frames based on ASEC 7-22 and ACI 318-19 codes. The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so the course was designed to be an important guide for the structural engineers those working in this field.

Learning Objectives

• Gaining a general overview on when to use special moment frames
• Gaining a general overview on the importance of frame proportioning
• Gaining a general overview on the slab wall precast structures
• Gaining a general overview on the strength and story drift limits
• Gaining a general overview on the principles for design of special moment frames
• Gaining a general overview on the design a strong-column/weak-beam frame
• Gaining a general overview on the detail beams and columns for ductile flexural behavior
• Gaining a general overview on the avoid nonductile failures
• Familiarizing with the analysis guidance : analysis procedure, stiffness recommendations, and foundation modeling
• Familiarizing with the design guidance: load and strength reduction factors, beam moment strength and longitudinal reinforcement, joint shear and anchorage, beam shear and transverse reinforcement, and column design and reinforcement
• Gaining a general overview on the special inspection : special inspection of the placement of the reinforcement and concrete by a qualified special inspector
• Gaining a general overview on the additional system design requirements: structural diaphragms, foundations, members not designated as part of the seismic force-resisting system
• Gaining a general overview on the construction examples to illustrate detailing requirements for constructability.