The Doctoral Program of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (FTUI) held an open session for the promotion of Dr. Amelia Yuwono on Friday (7/23). Through this dissertation, Dr. Amelia Yuwono managed to get a “Very Satisfactory” judgement and became the 69th doctor from DTS and the 518th from FTUI.
Dr. Amelia Yuwono was able to defend her dissertation entitled “Assessment Model of Tall Building Foundation Structure for Seismic Design Increment” in front of the Session Chair, Promoter, Co-Promoter and Board of Examiners. Dr. Amelia Yuwono’s dissertation discussed the increase in earthquake spectral response due to the update of SNI 1726:2019 and the discovery of the Baribis Fault south of Jakarta in 2016.
“The foundations of existing buildings have been designed to behave elastically and not experience damage or failure in earthquakes. Therefore, for existing buildings located in the Jabodetabek area and other regions, it is necessary to assess the existing foundation structure to check the performance of the foundation structure against the latest earthquake regulations. In addition, the increase in earthquake acceleration and response spectrum in Jabodetabek due to the Baribis fault for the lower structure has not yet been regulated. So, from these cases, further research is needed for the foundation structure assessment model,” said Amelia Yuwono.
The research conducted by Amelia Yuwono is quantitative in the form of numerical analysis conducted with the help of finite element software. This research used the development of a pile foundation assessment model to analyze the effect of the increase in the demand curve, using soil, foundation, and earthquake modelling in the form of performance-based design in the form of dynamic analysis, static pushover analysis or time history analysis.
Dean of FTUI, Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU, explained “The dissertation defended in the FTUI doctoral promotion session by Dr. Amelia Yuwono is new research that follows the current challenges of the times, as evidenced by the earthquake spectrum response due to the SNI update and the discovery of new faults south of Jakarta, becoming a challenge and at the same time an answer given by Dr. Amelia Yuwono for the development of a structural assessment model for high-rise building foundations. In the future, it is hoped that this dissertation research can be implemented in high-rise buildings to prevent earthquake damage,” she said.
The trial was chaired by Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU, with a board of examiners, Ayomi Dita Rarasati, S.T., MT, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Ir. Tommy Blyas, M.Eng., Dr. Ir. Wiwik Rahayu, DEA, Dr. Ing. Josia Irwan Rastandi, ST, MT, and Endra Susila, ST, MT, Ph.D. Promoted by Prof. Ir. Widjojo Adi Prakoso, MSc, PhD, and Copromoter, Dr. Ir. Yuskar Lase, DEA.
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