Join the Office of Research Administration and Dr. Qindan Huang for “Cost-Benefit Evaluation of Self-centering Concentrically Braced Frames Using Life Cycle Cost Analysis”
Auburn Science and Engineering Center, Room 223/224
Thursday, November 5, 2015
12-1pm
Guest Speaker
Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Akron. She acquired her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and has occupied the roles of engineer, researcher, lecturer and professor. Her work has been recognized in professional journals as well as conference papers. Several areas of special interest to Dr. Huang are risk analysis, structural reliability, performance assessment of deteriorating structures and damage detection methods.
What’s on the menu…
Earthquake-induced damage of buildings can cause social and economic disturbances. Conventional lateral load resisting systems (e.g., concentrically braced frames (CBF)) are expected to exhibit structural and non-structural damage under design-level earthquakes, and may also exhibit residual drifts as a result of this damage. Self-centering concentrically braced frame (SC-CBF) systems have been developed to reduce post-earthquake damages in braced frames. However, due to special details required by the SC-CBF system, the construction cost of an SC-CBF is expected to be higher than that of a conventional CBF. In this study, the seismic performance and economic effectiveness of two prototype buildings utilizing SC-CBFs are assessed and compared with buildings utilizing conventional CBFs by evaluating the annual probabilities of exceeding various damage levels, expected annual losses, life-cycle costs, and economic benefit of using SC-CBFs considering prevailing uncertainties. Dr. Huang will also present the applications of reliability analysis and probabilistic modeling in other research topics in this presentation.
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Come, bring a lunch, and learn more about Dr. Huang’s research and findings!
Contact RschSrvsGA8@uakron.edu with any questions