Syllabus 2009/2010 VSM611

Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

VSM611

Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VSM611 overlap following cours/es: ??1958 och ??1958. Compulsory for: IBYA2. Course coordinator: Professor Lars Sentlber, lars.sentler@bkl.lth.se och Susanne Heyden, susanne.heyden@byggmek.lth.se, Byggnadskonstruktionslära. Prerequisites: FME602 Structural Mechanics. Assessment: Approved reports about structural designs and an approved written examination. First examination takes place after the course. Two additional examinations over a year will be available. Further information: Lectures, exercises and design tasks for wood/laminated wood, steel and reinforced concrete. Designs tasks will be proceeded by information about general principles normally used for each material. Home page: http://www.bkl.lth.se/utbildning/kurser/byggnadskonstruktion_vsm611/.

Aim
This course will give knowledge about the design of simple structural elements of wood, steel and reinforced concrete subject to axial forces, bending and shear. The result can be expressed in terms of required strength or cross sectional dimensions.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Explain and use the partial coefficient method for structural safety
Determine the design load including load combinations
Analyze simple structural elements in wood/laminated wood
Analyze simple structural elements in steel
Analyze simple structural elements in reinforced concrete
Design simple structural systems and stabilization

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Design elements of wood subject to bending, shear and buckling by itself or in combination.
Design elements of steel subject to bending, shear and buckling by itself or in combination. Determine cross sectional class and choose the right section for design.
Design elements of reinforced concrete subject to bending, shear and buckling.
Knowledge of prefabricated reinforced concrete elements
Design simple stabilizing systems
Design for limitations in deformations

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Suggest a structural solution and a structural design for building structures made of wood, steel and reinforced concrete.
Participate in applied activities at a construction site, architectural office, engineering office, property developers, building material dealer or municipal town planning.

Contents
The course includes basic principles for design based on the partial coefficient method and the determination of the most dangerous load combination. Design and verification are based on code requirements for wood, steel and reinforced concrete. Principles for the design of simple structural systems and stabilization of structural units.

The partial coefficient method is a methodology for design which is based on simplified statistical principles. Both the determination of the design load and the design resistance are treated in a rational manner. Design principles are based on the demands and recommendations given in Swedish codes for wood/laminated wood, steel and reinforced concrete. These requirements have large similarities with European Codes which also can be used.

The intention with codes have been to adapt rules and design principles to the unique characteristics of a material. Therefore there are differences between verification principles for structural elements of wood, steel and reinforced concrete.

Literature
Isaksson, T., Mårtensson, A., Thelandersson, S. : Byggkonstruktion. Studentlitteratur 2005. ISBN: 978-91-44-04707-2
Isaksson, T, Mårtensson, A. Byggkonstruktion. Regel- och formelsamling. Studentlitteratur 2008. ISBN: 978-91-44-05153-6