Credits: 7. Grading scale: TH. Compulsory for: V2. Course coordinator: Annika Mårtensson, Konstruktionsteknik. Recommended prerequisites: Structural Mechanics and Acoustics, Basic Course (VSM025), Building Materials (VBM011). Assessment: Written examination and design assignment. Homepage: http://www.kstr.lth.se.

Aim
Give the student knowledge about:

• design process, safety aspects and load conditions in different situations,

• stability problems and how to design with aspect to stability,

• steel design, concrete design and timber design

Contents
Design principles, partial coefficient methods, load configuration including fire, structural elements, stability of structural systems, steel structures, concrete structures and timber structures.

Literature
Danewid, Alsmarker, Thelandersson, Nilsson: Laster och stommar, kompendium. Danewid: Stålkonstruktioner, kompendium. Mårtensson: Betongkonstruktioner, kompendium. Konstruktionsteknik: Träkonstruktioner, kompendium. Exempelsamling. Byggformler och tabeller.