CPD Completion Certificate

Upon completion of this eLearning course, you will be awarded a certificate with 5 hours CPD. Please note that if you are a member of Engineers Ireland, this event can be recorded as CPD.  You can record this activity in the My CPD section on your profile.

Contents

  • 1

    Characteristics of Wind

    • Welcome

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    • Introduction

    • Causes Of Wind

    • Dynamic Loads

    • Velocity And Turbulence

    • Wind Load

    • Wind Vs Earthquakes

    • Knowledge Checks for 'Characteristics of Wind'
  • 2

    Wind Forces on Structures and the Wind Loading Chain

    • Learning Objectives

    • Streamlined And Bluff Bodies

    • Aerodynamics - The Importance Of Geometry

    • Wind Tunnel Testing For Civil Engineering Structures

    • Wind Flow Around Civil Engineering Structures

    • Standards And Wind Loading Chain

    • Knowledge Checks for 'Wind Forces on Structures and the Wind Loading Chain'
  • 3

    Basis of Design and Analysis to Eurocode (IS EN 1991-1-4)

    • Learning Objectives

    • Eurocode - General Information

    • Eurocode - Classification Of Wind Actions

    • Wind Sensitive Structures

    • Eurocode - National Annex

    • Eurocode - Wind Velocity And Wind Pressure

    • Eurocode - Gusts

    • Eurocode - Pressure Coefficients

    • Eurocode - Wind Force

    • Eurocode - Structural Factor

    • Eurocode - Force Coefficients

    • Eurocode - Calculation Procedures And Wind Loading Chain

    • Knowledge Checks for 'Basis of Design and Analysis to Eurocode (IS EN 1991-1-4)'
  • 4

    Worked Eurocode Example

    • Learning Objectives

    • Worked Example - Problem Definition

    • Peak Velocity Pressure Calculation

    • Peak Velocity Pressure Alternative Calculation

    • Pressure Coefficients

    • End Bay Wind Load Calculation

    • Internal Bay Wind Load Calculation

    • Note On Structural Factor And Wind Loading Chain

    • Knowledge Check for 'Worked Example'
  • 5

    Structural Dynamics and Instabilities in Wind Engineering

    • Learning Objectives

    • Dynamic Response Of Structures To Wind

    • Difference Between Static And Dynamic Loading

    • Frequency Domain Approach For Dynamic Wind

    • Wind Spectrum

    • Eurocode Approach For Dynamics - Structural Factor

    • Calculation Of Structural Factor

    • Instabilities - Vortex Shedding

    • Instabilities - Scruton Number

    • Instabilities - Galloping

    • Instabilities - Flutter

    • Knowledge Checks for 'Structural Dynamics and Instabilities in Wind Engineering'
  • 6

    Feedback Survey

    • Please complete survey questions and provide feedback

This Engineers Ireland CPD Programme Receives funding from the National Training Fund through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.