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Overview

This course will review the procedures and formulas required to determine the appropriate forces which residential buildings could become subjected to during hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other severe natural hazard events. The design procedures required to determine the site specific design loads (forces) which will be applied to the structure, is the basis of this course.

Various case studies of residential buildings will be analyzed with sample calculations demonstrating the procedures are covered in this course.

The design professional should be familiar with the pertinent sections of the IRC 2000, in addition to those sections of the IBC 2000, which may be cited within this course. Additional reference sources should also include one or more of the following sources in high wind zones. Specific sections of the code and tables have been referenced in these various sources; calculations outside of the confines of this course would require these reference materials, however the various references would not be required to complete the test for this course.

  · Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and other structures (ASCE 7-98)
  · American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) Wood Frame Construction Manual for One and Two- Family Dwellings (WFCM)
  · Southern Building Code Congress International Standard for Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction (SSTD 10)

In this course the design method is Allowable Stress Design (ASD), so there are factors of safety (FS) built into the development of the material stresses and the forces at the connections. This design method has been chosen because (ASD) continues to be the predominant design method in light-frame, residential, wood construction.

The design process starts by determining all of the site-specific design loads (forces):

  · Dead loads
  · Live loads
  · Snow loads
  · Flood loads and the various components
  · Tsunami loads
  · Wind loads and the various components
  · Earthquake (seismic) and the various components

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty (30) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Determination of various types of loads which could be applied to a one to three-story residential buildings during hurricanes earthquakes or other severe natural hazard events, which would include:


  · Dead loads
  · Live loads
  · Snow loads

Detailed formulas and procedures for determining the various components of Wind, Flood Tsunami, and Seismic loads as follows are included in this class:


  · Determine Lateral Hydrostatic Loads
  · Determine Vertical (Buoyant) Hydrostatic Force
  · Determine Breaking Wave Load on Vertical Piles
  · Determine Breaking Wave Loads on Vertical Walls
  · Determine Hydrodynamic Load From Flood Flows
  · Determine Debris Impact Load
  · Estimate Localized Scour Around Vertical Pile (Non-Tsunami Condition)
  · Estimate Localized Scour Around Vertical Enclosure (Non-Tsunami Condition)
  · Seismic Base Shear by the Simplified Analysis Procedure
  · Vertical Distribution of Seismic Forces

Fact:

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations state that for buildings in V zones, "a registered professional engineer or architect shall develop or review the structural design, specifications and plans for the construction, and shall certify that the design and methods of construction to be used are in accordance with accepted standards of practice" for meeting the provisions of the NFIP regulations regarding buildings in V zones.

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.