The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials, educators, students and/or a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the structural analysis, design, detailing, and construct-ability of cast-in-place concrete diaphragms. The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are no a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so this course was designed to be a guide for the structural engineer.

Learning Objectives

• Knowing the multiple roles of diaphragms for resisting gravity and lateral forces in buildings.
• Knowing the diaphragm components.
• Understanding the diaphragm behavior and design principles.
• Knowing the diaphragm design forces
• Knowing the collector design forces
• Learning the diaphragm stiffness modeling
• Learning how to analyze and design diaphragms with openings
• Learning how to analysis and design of ramps
• Knowing the various diaphragm modeling and analysis approaches
• Understanding finite element modeling of a diaphragm and how to do that
• Learning how to design a diaphragm with a large opening
• Learning how to design partial-depth collectors
• Understanding diaphragm shear distribution
• Learning how to design diaphragm slabs on the ground
• Knowing the various issues related to detailing and construct-ability