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Overview

After participating in this course you will be able to:

• Understand and quantify the behavior of lightweight wood framed buildings under lateral loads
• Analyze and design lightweight wood diaphragms
• Analyze and design lightweight wood shear walls
• Identify the seismic design considerations for lightweight wood framed shear walls and diaphragms
• Understand the numerical modelling of lightweight wood framed shear walls

Description:

Lightweight wood framed construction has gained significant popularity over the past decade as a sustainable, cost-effective solution for low-rise multi-residential buildings. The push has been to extend the use of light wood framing to mid-rise construction for increased density on urban infill projects. This course covers the analysis of lightweight wood framed buildings, the behaviour of flexible and rigid diaphragms, the numerical modeling of lightweight wood framed shear walls, and the design of lightweight wood framed shear walls and diaphragms.

Course Outline:

• Overview Building Code amendments
• Floor diaphragms flexibility
• Analysis and design of wood floor diaphragms
• Analysis of shearwall lateral load structural systems
• Design of lightweight wood framed shearwalls
• Code considerations for earthquake resistant
• Numerical modeling of lightweight wood framed shearwalls
• Wood framed buildings over concrete podiums

Who Should Attend:
Structural Engineers • Design Engineers • Engineering Consultants• Project Engineers/Managers • Contractors • City Engineers • Building Inspectors

Required Resources:

Participants should have their own copies of the Wood Design Manual 2017 (if applicable).

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Syllabus

Syllabus:
Daily Schedule

11:00 am (EST) Seminar begins

1:30 pm (EST) Lunch Break

5:00pm (EST) Adjournment

There is a one‐hour lunch break each day in addition to a refreshments and networking break each morning and afternoon.

Day 1

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Introduction

• What are Lightweight Wood Framed buildings
• How are they different from heavy timber buildings
• Lightweight Wood Framed buildings components

Lateral Load Structural System and Components

• Structural system
• Floors diaphragms components
• Lightweight wood framed shearwall components

Overview Building Code Amendments

• Restrictions on irregularities
• Base shear modifications

Analysis and Design of Wood Floor Diaphragms

• Floor diaphragms flexibility (flexible vs. rigid)
• Analysis of floor diaphragms
• Design of floor diaphragms
• Deflection Calculations

Questions and Answers

Day 2

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Cont. Analysis and Design of Wood Floor Diaphragms

• Floor diaphragms flexibility (flexible vs. rigid)
• Analysis of floor diaphragms
• Design of floor diaphragms
• Deflection Calculations

Analysis of Lightweight Wood Framed Shear walls

• Rigid diaphragm - Flexible Diaphragms
• Lateral force distribution for shearwall structures with Rigid Diaphragms
• Lateral force distribution to shear wall segments
  
  

Design of Lightweight Wood Framed Shear walls

• Design of Lightweight Wood Framed shearwalls
• Deflection Calculations

Code Considerations for Earthquake Resistant

• Structures in low seismic zones
• Structures in moderate to high seismic zones

Questions and Answers

Day 3

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Cont. Code Considerations for Earthquake Resistant

• Structures in low seismic zones
• Structures in moderate to high seismic zones

Numerical Modeling of Lightweight Wood Framed Shearwalls

• Wood material model
• Nonlinear behavior of nail slippage
• Approximate modelling of lightweight wood framed shear walls
• Different approaches to model lightweight wood framed buildings

Wood Framed Buildings over Concrete Slabs/Podiums

• Modelling and Analysis procedures
• Typical structural details and connections
• Example building

Questions and Answers

Instructor

Ahmed Hamada, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.CSCE

Mahdy A. Hamada, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.CSCE

Mahdy is the president and founder of Intelligent Engineering Design Ltd. (IE Design) and an Adjunct Research and Assistant Professor LDA at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Western Ontario.

He has over 16 years of experience in teaching, research and consulting in structural engineering. He was consulted on major projects in Canada, Middle-East and Gulf Area, conducting complete analysis and design of several high-rise, mid-rise, industrial buildings and bridges in more than 6 countries. He is a member of the Educational Committee (FLC – Canada) Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and of the task committee on Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading responsible for updating the American Society of Civil Engineers Manual of Practice 74. Mahdy was the recipient of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, the most prestigious Natural Science and Engineering Research (NSERC) postgraduate scholarship. He successfully completed the Western Certificate/Diploma in University Teaching and Learning from The University of Western Ontario.