Upcoming
The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering in the College of Engineering at Qatar University invites you to attend the industrial workshop:
MODELING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIONS ON EXISTING METRO SYSTEMS AND THE NEED FOR THE DESIGN OF ADEQUATE STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEM
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
ABSTRACT
Contemporary Metro transport systems present unrivalled efficiency for the commuting population. The development of the urban environment is interwoven with the Metro transit systems. The Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is an upcoming topic in the design of the contemporary and of the future City and Metro system alike. It entails the development of a microcell of the city centered around the Metro station. Typically, bulky TOD buildings rise over and around the station and tunnel. The structural engineering aspect of these Mega projects is highly complex. Major part of the complexity is due to complicated interactions between the Oversite Building and the underlying Tunnel or Station with its track-Rail system. A significant number of issues arise, like methods to bridge over the Tunnel or Station, structural isolation, induced displacements to the track – rail system, tunnel movements and impact to tracks, vibration induction to the TOD building and a plenitude of similar problems. It is highly important to design a structural monitoring system that will provide a validation tool of the structural-dynamic performance of the closed system TOD-tunnel/Station. The distilled experience from international projects is presented.
LANGUAGE
The language of the seminar will be English.
LECTURERS
Dr. Evangelos Astreinidis is Senior Manager of Structural Engineering at Qatar Rail. He has more than 25-year progressive career in designing large-scale buildings, industrial plants, bridges and power stations. His major significant projects include Qatar Rail in Doha, the Athens & Thessaloniki Metro, Highway Bridges and the structural monitoring of the renovations of Acropolis and the Parthenon in Athens, monuments of great architectural and historic significance.
SCHEDULE
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm : Registration
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm : Workshop Session
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm : Questions and Answers Session
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm : Networking, coffee and snacks
VENUE
College of Engineering, QatarUniversity
Building (B09), Meeting Room - F106
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REGISTRATION
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For inquiries, please contact the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at civil@qu.edu.qa
