CESS Seminar - Recruiting structural optimization to the seismic design process
Event details
| Date | 22.11.2019 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:00 |
| Speaker | Dr. Oren Lavan, Associate Professor, Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
Over the past three decades, there has been a significant shift in the approach to structural design under dynamic loadings. Many new technologies associated with passive energy dissipation and control have been introduced and have reached a considerable level of maturity. Furthermore, the concept of performance-based design and financial loss considerations have gained prominence. While all of this represents a major step forward, as a consequence, the design process itself has become increasingly complex.
The aim of this talk is to discuss the potential role of structural optimization in the seismic design process. This will be done while presenting ongoing research in which the presenter has been involved. The research is focused on various optimal design methodologies using various types of energy dissipation devices. Particular attention is given to the importance of a meaningful optimization problem formulation, the value expected from utilizing optimization, the importance of tailoring an appropriate optimization algorithm for a given problem, and the potential of using optimization in practical design.
Bio:
Dr. Oren Lavan is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Technion in 2006, and was a Visiting Research Scientist (2005-2007) at the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo – The State University of New York. He spent a sabbatical as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University (2014). Dr. Lavan teaches and conducts research in structural dynamics, structural optimization, earthquake engineering, structural control, progressive collapse prediction and computational mechanics. He has published extensively in the area of structural engineering and mechanics, including more than forty five peer-reviewed articles in premier journals in the field.
Over the past three decades, there has been a significant shift in the approach to structural design under dynamic loadings. Many new technologies associated with passive energy dissipation and control have been introduced and have reached a considerable level of maturity. Furthermore, the concept of performance-based design and financial loss considerations have gained prominence. While all of this represents a major step forward, as a consequence, the design process itself has become increasingly complex.
The aim of this talk is to discuss the potential role of structural optimization in the seismic design process. This will be done while presenting ongoing research in which the presenter has been involved. The research is focused on various optimal design methodologies using various types of energy dissipation devices. Particular attention is given to the importance of a meaningful optimization problem formulation, the value expected from utilizing optimization, the importance of tailoring an appropriate optimization algorithm for a given problem, and the potential of using optimization in practical design.
Bio:
Dr. Oren Lavan is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Technion in 2006, and was a Visiting Research Scientist (2005-2007) at the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo – The State University of New York. He spent a sabbatical as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University (2014). Dr. Lavan teaches and conducts research in structural dynamics, structural optimization, earthquake engineering, structural control, progressive collapse prediction and computational mechanics. He has published extensively in the area of structural engineering and mechanics, including more than forty five peer-reviewed articles in premier journals in the field.
Practical information
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Organizer
- Profs. Brice Lecampion & Alexandre Alahi
Contact
- Prof. Dimitrios Lignos