What you'll learn

This course will help you to optimize your design with full control of parameters i.e deflection, rebar for your columns, beams, slabs and shear walls etc.
Design of structures with Static and Dynamic Loading
Material and section properties as per code
P- Delta check, eccentricity check, mass eccentricity and soft storey check etc.

Course content

21 sections • 53 lectures • 10h 46m total length

CSI ETABS - 01 - How to Import Architectural DXF or DWG grid into ETABS | part 16:35
All the files are present in the exercise folder.
CSI ETABS - 01 - How to draw grid Lines manually in ETABS | Part 25:24
Learn to manually draw grid lines in ETABS, set the US customary unit system, define and adjust grid spacing (15 ft and 10 ft), and visualize grids in the model.
CSI ETABS - 01 - Draw General Grid, Reference points & Reference Planes | part 36:17
Learn how to create general grids, add reference points and reference planes, rename grids, and place dimensions using coordinates and elevations across story levels.
Exercise Files, Excel Files and Reference Documents0:01

CSI ETABS - 03 - Define material Property | Part 110:01
CSI ETABS - 03 - Define Section Properties + Section Property Modifiers | Part 213:28
CSI ETABS - 03 - Load Pattern (Gravity Loads + Earthquake (seismic) Loads |Part312:13
CSI ETABS - 03 - Wind Loads, with two methods | Part 312:00
CSI ETABS - 03 - Define Load combination (Manual + Auto) | Part 54:13
CSI ETABS - 03 - Meshing for Slabs, Walls ,beams and Columns | Part 66:34
CSI ETABS - 03 - Assign Loads to structure as per ASCE (Part a) | Part 78:55
Assign ASCE-based loads in ETABS by selecting building type, applying basic load combinations, and distributing live, dead, and super dead loads to slabs and beams with floor finish considerations.
CSI ETABS - 03 - Assign Loads on Beam (Point Load, UDL , VDL) (Part b) | Part 86:49
Apply point loads, UDL, and VDL to beams in a CSI ETABS model. Learn to select beams, specify distances, and add loads to existing ones.
CSI ETABS - 03 - define Mass Source (For Lateral analysis) | Part 95:45
CSI ETABS - 03 - Pier Labels and Spandrel Labels (Part 1) | Part 10 M6:53
CSI ETABS - 03 - Pier Labels and Spandrel Labels (Part B) | Part 1114:59
Define and assign pier labels, spandrel labels, and beer labels in ETABS, verify the model, mesh shear walls, and evaluate per-wall reinforcement and detailing options.

CSI ETABS - 09 - Story Displacement, Story Drift and Story Drift Ratio | Part 12:17
Explain story displacement, story drift, and story drift ratio: how floor movement is measured, relative drift between levels, and drift divided by story height.
CSI ETABS - 09 - Story Displacement, Story Drift check as UBC 97 | Part 210:58
CSI ETABS - 09 - Story Drift check as per ASCE-7 16 | Part 314:29
Compute story drift per ASCE-7-16 in ETABS by analyzing elastic and amplified displacements in X and Y, applying deflection amplification, and comparing with allowable drift by risk category.

In this training course, you will learn the following contents with concepts, as per code ASCE 7-16 / UBC 97.

Materials, Frame Section Definitions, Mass Source ,Load combinations.

Import grid from AutoCAD, Reference points, Earthquake and wind Loads

Structural Modelling checks....

Stiffness, Mass ,Torsion and Building eccentricity checks.

Concrete Slab Design with Strip Based Method and Finite Element Method (FEM)

P-Delta checks and how to apply.

Equivalent static Force Method.

Response Spectrum Analysis.

Time History Analysis.

Slab and foundation Export to CSI SAFE for slab and foundation design.

This course is designed for civil engineers, diploma holders (DAEs),Technologists, architects, engineers, building engineers, engineering students