ETABS and SAP2000 are the global standards for structural analysis and design, trusted by engineers worldwide to model and verify everything from high-rise buildings to complex bridges. This program gives structural engineers the practical command of both packages needed to model structures accurately, apply loads correctly, and interpret results with the engineering judgement that safe design demands.
As structures grow taller and more ambitious, engineers proficient in advanced analysis software are essential to delivering safe, efficient, and code-compliant designs. This course balances software mechanics with sound structural principles and introduces emerging performance-based and seismic analysis practices defining modern structural engineering.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Navigate the ETABS and SAP2000 modelling environments
- Build accurate structural models of buildings and frames
- Define materials, sections, and structural properties
- Apply gravity, wind, and seismic loads correctly
- Set up load combinations to relevant design codes
- Model slabs, walls, and diaphragms appropriately
- Perform static and dynamic structural analysis
- Run modal and response spectrum analysis
- Interpret analysis results and verify equilibrium
- Design concrete and steel members to code
- Check drift, deflection, and serviceability limits
- Model and analyse shear walls and cores
- Apply P-delta and second-order effects
- Detect and resolve modelling errors
- Document and present analysis and design output
- Apply emerging performance-based and seismic analysis methods
Course Outline
- Module 1: ETABS & SAP2000 Interface & Modelling Basics
- Module 2: Material & Section Property Definition
- Module 3: Building Geometry, Grids & Storeys
- Module 4: Gravity, Wind & Seismic Load Application
- Module 5: Load Combinations & Design Codes
- Module 6: Slabs, Walls & Diaphragm Modelling
- Module 7: Static Linear Analysis
- Module 8: Dynamic, Modal & Response Spectrum Analysis
- Module 9: Interpreting & Verifying Analysis Results
- Module 10: Concrete Member Design
- Module 11: Steel Member Design
- Module 12: Shear Wall & Core Analysis
- Module 13: Drift, Deflection & P-Delta Effects
- Module 14: Error Checking & Model Validation
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Performance-Based Seismic Design
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for structural engineers, design engineers, and postgraduate engineering professionals who analyse and design buildings and structures. A foundation in structural mechanics and design principles is recommended.
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