LATERAL LOADS ANALYSIS

As a country which is considered under the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is necessary to study the lateral loads affecting structures before designing. Lateral loads are those forces which affect the structure horizontally - they are horizontal forces. 

The two main consideration for this course are earthquake loads and wind loads. These are the two main types of loads which can greatly affect the design of structure horizontally.

The course covers the following topics:

• Introduction
• Introduction to earthquake and wind engineering
• Elements of seismology
• Portal frame method of lateral load analysis
• Cantilever method of frame analysis
• Q-factor method of frame analysis
• Earthquake load analysis
• Wind load analysis