Educational objectives The course is focused on providing the analytical fundamentals of quantitative probabilistic risk analysis applied to working and construction site and criteria of managing residual risk (general target).
Knowledge and understanding (ref. section A4.b.2 SUA document): after passing the exam, the students will be able to deal with issues related to safety management both from the point of view of risk analysis and the managing of safety solutions.
Applying knowledge and understanding (ref. section A4.b.2 SUA document): after passing the exam, the students will be able to make design choices with regard to the safety of complex systems.
After passing the exam, the students will acquire the ability to make judgments with particular regard (ref. section A4.c SUA document) to “assess the safety conditions in the work site, in service activities and in the industrial and civil infrastructures (industrial plants and process, construction site) by focusing the design, operational and procedural strategies necessary to guarantee an appropriate level of safety and to verify the acceptability of residual risk ", particularly in the case of complex systems or problems.
The required learning skills will contribute to the process of self-learning (learning skills) that will continue related to the expected professional skills of the learning process, as well as to the required specific issues (ref. A4.c SUA document).
Individual and group project work will also contribute to the student's development of self-learning skills also related to the ability to formulate critical judgments and assessments (making judgments) starting from limited or incomplete information (ref. section A4.c SUA document "assessments and analysis of design projects and logistical-operational solutions in construction sites and workplaces, to verify the compliance with the general safety requirements of workers as well as safeguarding the integrity of the environment").
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Educational objectives Seismic Risk of Structures: the course aims to provide students with the tools to evaluate the seismic risk of structures and lifelines, starting from the three elements involved in risk characterization: the seismic hazard of the site, the vulnerability of the constructed facilities, the assessment of the consequences of direct and indirect damages. In particular, it aims to provide the knowledge necessary to address and solve problems related to seismic protection of buildings and lifeline networks, both existing or under design, and to deal with the emergency caused by the occurrence of an earthquake.
Keywords: structures, seismic risk
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Educational objectives The course approaches safety and structural design in case of fire. The course focuses on steel structure and reinforced concrete.
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Educational objectives General learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the scientific basis and technical knowledge to develop interdisciplinary skills aimed at assessing the sustainability of the use of renewable and exhaustible resources and, in general, of all production activities. Through the knowledge and use of tools and methods for environmental monitoring, for the characterization of the environmental and energy loads of the production cycles (LCA) and the related environmental costs (LCC), the course, in accordance with the principles of circular economy and with the SDGs n. 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the UN AGENDA 2030, aims to analyze the product and/or process impacts, pursuing the control and improvement of environmental performances, also in order to implement voluntary adhesion tools such as Environmental Labeling and Environmental Management Systems.
Specific learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
● define the elements that identify a sustainable growth; evaluate what use of renewable resources can be considered sustainable and how mining exploitation and the use of exhaustible resources should be analyzed with a view to rationalization and reduction, without neglecting the eco-compatibility of the extraction processes;
● know the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, identifying it as a tool for characterizing the environmental and energy load throughout the life cycle of a product/service and as a useful tool for identifying possible mitigation interventions on induced environmental impacts, also through the reduction of raw materials and energy used in a system;
● know the Life Cycle Costing methodology as a tool for assessing total costs (private and environmental) throughout the life cycle of a product/service; discern the implications of replacing the "price" criterion of an asset with that of "cost", with a view to circular economy;
● know the ecological labelling systems and the management tools that allow economic and non-economic organizations to control the environmental impacts of their activities, pursuing the continuous improvement of environmental performance;
● know image processing techniques in order to characterize the territory and all its components from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, through the study and interpretation of medium and high resolution satellite images.
Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
● evaluate the economic feasibility of the exploitation and use of exhaustible and renewable resources;
● develop an LCA by setting the different phases of the methodology: functional unit and system boundaries, inventory analysis (LCI) with the creation of an analog model of the system, identification of process inputs and outputs, analysis and interpretation of data related to the resulting impacts (LCIA);
● set up an hypothetical procedure for ecological product/service labelling, choose the type of labelling according to the objectives and the monitored product/service group; create impact indicators in order to simplify the obtained information and make it accessible even to non-experts;
● use image processing software to radiometrically and geometrically correct satellite images at different resolutions; evaluate the coverage elements from a qualitative and quantitative point of view and make a photo-interpretation of these elements; identify color-composite images and standardized "indices" that amplify the interpretative skills by highlighting the characteristics of the coverage elements.
Making judgements
By sharing presentations, documents and specific publications, the course will develop students' analytical skills and independent judgment, stimulating the evaluation of the specific system dealt with in order to identify the critical elements and the possible improvements. During the lessons, LCA and satellite image analysis software will also be used to present application cases, even complex ones, encouraging students to discuss interpretative hypotheses and possible analytical solutions to the highlighted problems. At the end of the course, students will be able to work on the topics covered both independently and as members of a team.
Communication skills
The teacher will stimulate the students' communication skills, inviting them to discussion and analysis on the topics and application cases dealt with.
Learning skills
The sharing of the material relating to the course, the discussion and identification of the main actors in reference to the covered topics, the identification of how the concepts of sustainable development and circular economy interact with all anthropogenic production/consumption activities: all this will help the students to develop a strong ability to continue, in total autonomy, the study and the professional and scientific updating on the topics dealt with
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