Christoph Butenweg

This theme lecture presents the seismic design of industrial facilities according to the next generation of Eurocode 8 and the evaluation of facilities based on digital building models and structural monitoring data.

• General introduction: Seismic behaviour of industrial facilities
  • Typical damages to industrial facilities in past earthquakes
  • Overview: Seismic design codes and guidelines
• Seismic design of ancillary elements
  • Results and findings of the SERA-project SPIF
  • Modelling and design approaches in EN 1998-4-Draft-2021
• Seismic design of tank structures
  • Theory, analysis and design approaches
    • Rigid/flexible/convective pressure components
    • Time history analysis versus response-spectrum analysis
    • Anchored and unanchored tanks with uplift
    • Damping effects
    • Superposition rules for pressure components
  • Introduction of new design approaches in EN 1998-4-Draft-2021
• Digital building models and structural monitoring
  • Digital plant models (BIM)
  • Integration of smart sensor systems in BIM
  • Integrated monitoring approach
  • Post-earthquake Damage evaluation

Presentation of a case study