Description

 The webinar opens with the theoretical basis for seismic analysis per Eurocode 8 — the static vs. dynamic method tree (Lateral Force, Pushover, Response Spectrum, Time History) and the mean return period concept (475 years for the design seismic action, 95 years for damage limitation).

The live demo, using a 13-story RC building, shows how to define an equivalent static seismic load (ground type, spectrum type, behavior factor q, importance factor, and fundamental period via the built-in Eurocode period calculator), followed by generating a design response spectrum and setting up response spectrum load cases. The Design section applies Eurocode 8:04 capacity design rules — beam-column joint design, strong column–weak beam checks, ductility class selection (DCH), and seismic shear design factors — with automatic beam/column/wall design reports.

The final part switches to a braced steel frame model to demonstrate pushover analysis: defining displacement-controlled load cases with P-Delta effects, assigning FEMA-type nonlinear hinge properties with Eurocode 8 rotation limits (Damage Limitation, Significant Damage, Near Collapse), and generating the capacity spectrum vs. demand spectrum curve to determine the target displacement at each performance level.