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Lecture Plan

Das CAS Programme comprises four Modules (10 ECTS, 150 contact hours):

A written examination takes place at the last day of each Module for the assessment of the performance of the Participants. During the conduction of each Module, several case studies of buildings in Switzerland are presented to the participants. Moreover, the participants will be given exercises for the understanding of the teaching material, which will be supervised and corrected by the Lecturers. 

The physical presence in 80% of the lectures and the successful evaluation of the report of the individual project exercise on the seismic assessment and retrofitting of a structure located in Switzerland are the requirements for the graduation from the Programme.

Lecture Timeplan

Module 1: Seismic Design and Swiss Seismic Code Provisions

Module 2: Finite Element Modelling and identification of seismic behavior of structures

Module 3: Analysis methods and Case Study Examples of Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Existing Structures in Switzerland

Module 4: Individual Project Exercise on the Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of an Existing Structure in Switzerland

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