CEE Seminar: Seismic-Resilient Structural Wall Buildings

Abstract: Reinforced concrete wall buildings are common in seismic-prone countries. The use of structural walls in these buildings provides adequate strength and stiffness. These characteristics had led to adequate seismic performance of wall buildings following the 1985 and 2010 Chile earthquakes. Key factors for the adequate performance include reduced lateral displacements and the redundancy of seismic-resistant elements. This presentation will highlight important aspects of seismic design for reinforced concrete buildings and will provide insight for designing resilient structures capable of withstanding earthquakes. 

Bio: Matias A. Hube is structural engineer with a master of science from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, in 2009 and subsequently joined PUC where he teaches and conducts research on reinforced concrete, nonlinear structural analysis and earthquake engineering. From 2018 to 2022 he served as associate dean of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Engineering at PUC, and he currently serves as the director of the Concrete Innovation HUB-UC. He is an active member of the committees ACI 318, ACI 369 and ACI 374 of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) in US. He also participates in the Chilean code committees for seismic design of buildings, performance-based design of buildings, and reinforced concrete structures.