G+9 building model
Deliverable: A complete multi-storey model with grids, storeys, diaphragms and shear walls, gravity and seismic loading applied, analysed with mass participation above the code requirement.
Course
ETABS Building Analysis and Design
Building-specific structural analysis — storeys, rigid diaphragms, shear walls and seismic response — with the drift and irregularity checks that decide whether a design is acceptable.
- Duration: 3 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: advanced
What you will be able to do
- Model a multi-storey building using storeys, grids and similar-storey logic
- Apply rigid and semi-rigid diaphragms correctly
- Model shear walls as piers and spandrels and read their forces
- Run response spectrum analysis and scale it to the static base shear
- Check storey drift, torsional irregularity and soft storey conditions
- Design RCC members to IS 456 and interpret the reinforcement output
Who this course is for
- Civil and structural engineering graduates and final-year students
- Design engineers working on multi-storey buildings
- Comfortable with structural analysis and IS code design
- STAAD.Pro or equivalent experience is helpful but not required
Syllabus
6 modules · 3 months
Module 1. Building modelling
- Grids, storeys and similar-storey editing
- Beams, columns, slabs and walls
- Section properties and stiffness modifiers
- Why modelling a building is not modelling a frame
Module 2. Diaphragms and load paths
- Rigid, semi-rigid and none, and choosing correctly
- How lateral load reaches the vertical elements
- Openings, cut-outs and where rigid stops being true
- Mass source and its effect on seismic force
Module 3. Loading
- Gravity loading and load patterns
- Wind loading to IS 875
- Seismic loading to IS 1893, static and dynamic
- Load combinations for design and for serviceability
Module 4. Seismic analysis
- Modal analysis and mass participation
- Response spectrum and scaling to static base shear
- Storey drift limits and checking them
- Torsional irregularity and soft storey checks
Module 5. Shear walls
- Wall modelling, piers and spandrels
- Reading wall forces and designing from them
- Coupling beams and their behaviour
- Wall layout and its effect on torsion
Module 6. Design and output
- RCC design to IS 456
- Beam, column and wall reinforcement output
- Reviewing output for buildability
- Reports and drawings from the model
Tools and technologies you will use
- ETABS
- IS 456, IS 875 and IS 1893
- Response spectrum and seismic provisions
- Excel for verification
Projects you will build
Drift and irregularity check
Deliverable: Storey drift computed and checked against IS 1893 limits for every storey, with torsional irregularity and soft storey checks reported and any failure diagnosed.
Base shear scaling
Deliverable: A response spectrum analysis scaled to the static base shear as the code requires, with the scale factor calculation shown and justified.
Shear wall layout comparison
Deliverable: The same building analysed with two different shear wall layouts, comparing drift and torsional behaviour, with a written recommendation.
Where this course can take you
- Structural Design Engineer
- Building Design Consultant
- Structural Analyst
- Seismic Design Engineer
- Design Office Engineer
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 3 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by batch and delivery mode. Design codes are referenced in class; you should have your own copies for professional work.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
A building is not a frame with more storeys
ETABS exists because buildings have structure that general analysis packages handle awkwardly.
Storeys that repeat. Slabs that tie every column at a level into one horizontal unit. Shear walls that carry most of the lateral load. Seismic mass that comes from the building’s own weight. Model those explicitly and the work is fast and the output is meaningful; model a building as a bare frame and you are fighting the tool.
Drift is what actually governs
Strength is rarely the binding constraint on a tall building. Movement is.
Storey drift limits, torsional irregularity and soft storey checks are where designs fail review, and they are checks a great many engineers run only after the design is otherwise complete. The second project puts them at the centre, because discovering a drift failure at the end means redesigning the lateral system.
The scale factor everybody forgets
A response spectrum analysis often returns a smaller base shear than the static method, and IS 1893 will not let you design for the smaller number.
Missing that scaling produces an under-designed building that passes your own review and every plot you look at. The third project isolates it deliberately, with the calculation shown, because it is a silent failure rather than a visible one.
Rigid until it is not
A rigid diaphragm is a reasonable assumption for a regular RCC slab and a poor one for a long narrow plan, a floor with large openings, or precast units.
Recognising which building you are looking at, and switching to semi-rigid when the assumption stops holding, is the judgement that separates someone running the software from someone doing structural engineering with it.
Questions
ETABS Building Analysis and Design — frequently asked questions
Should I learn ETABS or STAAD.Pro?
ETABS is built for buildings — it thinks in storeys, diaphragms and shear walls, which makes multi-storey work considerably faster. STAAD is general purpose and better for industrial structures, towers and trusses. If your work is buildings, ETABS; if it is varied, STAAD. Many consultancies expect both.
Do I need to know seismic design before this?
Familiarity with IS 1893 helps a great deal, and the course covers the analysis provisions it uses. What it does not do is teach earthquake engineering from first principles — the drift limits and irregularity checks make sense only if you understand roughly why they exist, so some background is genuinely needed.
Why does base shear scaling matter?
Because IS 1893 requires it. A response spectrum analysis frequently returns a base shear lower than the static method, and the code will not let you design for the smaller number. Missing the scale factor produces an under-designed building that passes your own review, which is why the third project isolates it.
What is a rigid diaphragm and when is it wrong?
It assumes the slab is stiff enough in-plane to move as one, distributing lateral load to the vertical elements by their stiffness. It is usually reasonable for a regular RCC slab and becomes questionable with large openings, long narrow plans or precast floors. Knowing when to switch to semi-rigid is exactly the judgement the second module builds.
Enquire about ETABS Building Analysis and Design
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Related courses
- STAAD.Pro Structural Analysis and Design
Structural analysis taught with the checks that matter — realistic supports, correct load combinations, and verifying an answer before a design is issued from it.
- AutoCAD for Civil Engineering
Civil drafting in AutoCAD taught the way a site office judges a drawing — correct layers, real dimensioning, plotted to scale and readable by the person building from it.
- Revit Architecture (BIM)
Building information modelling taught as one model producing everything — plans, sections, schedules and quantities — with the coordination habits that stop a project drifting apart.
- Ansys (Finite Element Analysis)
Finite element analysis taught around validation, because a colourful stress plot is easy to produce and only useful once you can show it is not nonsense.
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