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TFG offer course 2023-24

Structural typological optimization in architecture

Description:
The history of structural design is the history of optimization through intuition and trial-and-error. We currently have mechanisms and tools that allow a complete design integrating all the variables that allow us to determine a perfect geometry for each type of structure and architecture.

Structural analysis of tall buildings

Director: Muñoz Blanc, Carlos

Co-director: Oliver Saiz, Maria Elena

Description:
Structural analysis of high-rise buildings (height greater than 100m): a) Optimization of structures, more efficient typologies to obtain optimal deformational and vibrational control, linked to user comfort. b) Influence of horizontal actions on the structural design of tall buildings (wind and seismic actions), and c) optimized arrangement of damping systems to control vibration produced by the wind.

Safety of building structures in case of fire

Director: Muñoz Blanc, Carlos

Description:
The objective is to develop the work within the field of safety of building structures in case of fire. It is proposed to work in different areas, such as: a) structural design strategies to avoid disproportionate collapse in case of fire, b) the behavior of hyperstatic steel and mixed structures, c) the response to the action of fire of structures designed with materials such as aluminum or stainless steel; and d) numerical simulation of fires in wooden structures - CLT.

Safety in case of fire of the structures of the iron Barcelona of Joan Torras

Director: Muñoz Blanc, Carlos

Description:
The objective is to be able to improve the knowledge that currently exists in relation to the behavior against the action of fire, and how to guarantee the safety of many of the structures that we have in Barcelona built at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century with steels like pudding. These steels, due to their composition/manufacturing process, are outside the current regulations, making it difficult to rehabilitate many of the market and station-type buildings that we have designed and built, for example, by Joan Torras, in the iron Barcelona. In Barcelona we have a significant number of public buildings built with this material, such as the Mercado de la Abaceria. In all these buildings, when facing safety in case of fire, we must add several difficulties: a) the type of steel, whose behavior is not well known, and even less when it is subjected to high temperatures, b) the design of the trusses with thin elements, plates, etc, and c) the joints, often riveted.

Conceptual analysis of project strategies to integrate the structure in tall buildings in contemporary architecture

Directora: Oliver Saiz, Maria Elena

Co-director: Muñoz Blanc, Carlos

Description:
In tall buildings, the magnitude of gravity loads and dynamic lateral actions means that the necessary structure is of considerable proportions and has a great impact on the project. In this case, conventional structural project strategies may not be enough and may excessively stiffen the project. For this reason, in recent times there has been a rapid development of advanced strategies that involve the incorporation of new technologies and materials. This paper proposes to carry out a conceptual analysis of project strategies to integrate the structure of high-rise buildings in contemporary architecture.

Investigation of the behavior of complex geometries subjected to seismic actions

Directora: Oliver Saiz, Maria Elena

Description:
New technologies have undeniably altered the conception of Architecture, allowing the development of forms of great geometric complexity, which often seem bio-inspired because they reproduce the forms observed in nature. On the other hand, complex geometries can come from the manipulation of algorithms, so they can have an intrinsic order and configure a three-dimensional system in which there are no sudden changes in stiffness, avoiding the typical problems of irregular systems in terms of concentration. bad. These qualities allow us to anticipate that an adequate behavior against seismic action could be obtained. A study is proposed in which the capacity of certain geometries to respond in a uniform and predictable way to the seism is detected. For this, a geometric investigation will be carried out to determine the criteria and parameters that serve as a basis for designing this type of structure of a certain complexity, ensuring adequate behavior against seismic action.

Seismic resistant structures in contemporary architecture

Directora: Oliver Saiz, Maria Elena

Description:
Unlike gravitational forces, the dynamic action of an earthquake has a low probability of occurrence but a very high intensity, so the structure necessary to support seismic actions is usually of considerable proportions and can have a great impact on the project. . In projects of a certain singularity, conventional seismic-resistant project strategies may not be enough, even if they are incorporated from the initial phase, and may excessively stiffen the project. For this reason, in recent times there has been a rapid development of advanced strategies that involve the incorporation of new technologies and materials. In this work, it is proposed to carry out a conceptual analysis of the project strategies to integrate the seismic-resistant structure in buildings of contemporary architecture.

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