JAHRESBERICHT - Institut für Baustatik und Konstruktion - ETH Zürich

LEHRE
Master of Advanced Studies
(MAS)
Statistics and probability
Faber, M.H. (HS 2009, FS 2010) 1. & 2.Sem. MAS
Nr. 117-0101-00L
2 G
Nr. 117-0101-02L
2 G
Refresh the basic knowledge of the students in
regard to statistics and probability with a special
emphasis on the interrelationship between engineering
model building; providing to the student with
the basic understanding that the purpose of model
building and the associated statistical and probabilistic
representations is to provide a basis for decision
making. Provide to the students the basic building
blocks for time series analysis and statistical
analysis of spatially varying phenomena such as
extreme events of natural hazards (earthquakes,
wind storms, avalanches and rock-fall) but also the
random point in time variability associated with e.g.
soil characteristics.
Introduction
Project work – Case study 1/2
Faber, M.H. (HS 2009)
1. Sem. MAS
Nr. 117-0011-00L
2 A
Faber, M.H., (FS 2010, HS 2010) 3. & 4. Sem. MAS
Nr. 117-0011-02L
4 A
Nr. 117-0013-01L
2A
Provide a context for the students such that they
will always be able to relate the material they are
taught during classes to the context of risk management
from a conceptual, analytical and practical
perspective.
Provide a "portal" for the course outlining the role
and relevance of the various course components.
Put the course in perspective with regard to the
operational and strategic aspects of risk management.
Risk assessment
Faber, M.H. (HS 2010)
Nr. 117-0311-01L
3. Sem. MAS
2 G
Master of Advanced Studies
(MAS)
ties in engineering models for both time-invariant and
variant phenomena.
Representing hierarchically, generically and by
the use of indicators the components and their interrelationships
for natural and engineered systems so
as to facilitate a clear description of the exposures
acting on the systems and how these exposures
might generate both direct and indirect consequences
for the system.
Providing theories and methods for the representation
and analysis of systems with the objective of
analyzing and representing the evolution of consequences
in space and time.
How to assess and aggregate risks in large geographical
regions.
Damage to the built environment
Vogel, T. (HS 2010)
Nr. 117-0312-00L
3. Sem. MAS
1 G
Providing knowledge of the basic concepts of the
structural design of buildings (dwellings, office buildings,
industrial buildings, public buildings), lifelines
(bridges, galleries, tunnels) and special structures
(power plants, dams, protective structures).
Applying methods of vulnerability assessment
that depend on the purpose of a structure.
Consequence modeling
Faber, M.H. (HS 2010)
Nr. 117-0313-00L
3. Sem. MAS
2 G
How to develop models for the quantification of
loss of lives, economic losses and damage to the
environment.
How to differentiate between direct consequences
and indirect consequences in a given problem
context and how to assess societal and socially indirect
consequences in dependency of the perceived
direct consequences.
Making use of data and engineering know-how to
establish probabilistic models to represent uncertain-
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