Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Architecture Program
Lecture Code WSK20601 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 建築物性能設計法特論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ケンチクブツセイノウセッケイホウトクロン
Subject Name in
English
Advanced Performance Design of Buildings
Instructor CHEN XINGCHEN
Instructor
(Katakana)
チェン シンチェン
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Mon5-6,Weds5-6
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Face to face at 641 room. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 14 : Architecture
Eligible Students The graduate school of engineering master's course
Keywords SDG_9, SDG_11 Performance-based seismic design, static design, dynamic design, vibration-controlled structure, seismic-isolated structure, robustness, resilience evaluation 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course covers the performance-based design of building structures, including fundamental methods such as allowable stress calculation, load bearing capacity calculation, and dynamic design methods. It also explains design and evaluation methods for vibration-controlled structures and seismic-isolated structures. Additionally, the course discusses current issues in performance evaluation, such as robustness and resilience assessment. 
Class Schedule lesson1 Guidance and Introduction
lesson2 Concept of performance-based seismic design
lesson3 Allowable stress calculation method
lesson4 Horizontal load bearing capacity calculation method
lesson5 Dynamic design method (1)
lesson6 Dynamic design method (2)
lesson7 Limit strength calculation method
lesson8 Presentation by students (1)
lesson9 Seismic-isolated structure and single-degree-of-freedom model
lesson10 Design and performance evaluation of seismic-isolated structure
lesson11 Vibration-controlled structure and multi-degree-of-freedom model
lesson12 Design and performance evaluation of vibration-controlled structure
lesson13 Design examples of seismic-isolated structures and vibration-contorlled structure
lesson14 Robustness, redundancy, and resilience of buildings
lesson15 Presentation by students (2) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Handouts are distributed at each lesson. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Microsoft Teams
(More Details) Mainly using powerpoint. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Review of disributed paper and research well for the presentation.
 
Requirements Required knowledge: basics on structural mechanics that can be obtained from “Architectural Structural Mechanics”, and preferably “Fundamentals of Vibration Theory”, “Earthquake Resistant Structures”, and “Method of Structural Analysis” in the undergraduate course. 
Grading Method Based on the report after each lesson and contents and skill of each presentation. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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