Course syllabus
Konstruktionsteknik
Structural Engineering
VBKF10, 6 credits, G2 (First Cycle)
Valid for: 2018/19
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2018-03-27
General Information
Compulsory for: BI2
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
Aim
The course provides an introduction to building mechanics and
structural engineering, with focus on the structural systems that
are common in buildings. The student should gain insight and
understanding for the requirements of structures in relation to
load-bearing capacity, serviceability, and other design criteria.
The student should after this course be able to analyze and design
simple load-bearing structures and structural elements and
understand how a building works with regard to all the different
demands placed on it. The course is intended for students in the
fire engineering programme and is in preparation for a course in
"Fire protection systems" where structural systems will be designed
for the case of fire.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- Be able to explain basic terms and connections within the
subject.
- Be able to describe in principle how different structural
systems/elements work.
- Be able to describe in principle the stress distribution caused
by axial loading or bending in a beam.
- Be able to analyse the different parts of a building with
regard to their load bearing function.
- Be able to describe in principle how building materials and
load-bearing structures are affected by fire.
- Be able to identify important loads that affect the
building.
- Have an understanding for the various requirements placed on
structures, and in the design of structural elements, which, in
addition to structural safety, include, e.g., economy, aesthetics,
indoor climate, as well as active and passive fire protection
systems.
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
- Be able to choose an appropriate model for analyzing simple
structures.
- Be able to calculate section forces, stresses and deformations
for different structural elements.
- Be able to analyze columns with regard to global buckling.
- Be able to design simple load-bearing elements with
consideration of different types of loading, material properties
and user demands.
- Be able to design different structural solutions for simple
buildings with regards to the elements' properties.
- Be able to design structures with considerations of overall
lateral stability.
- Be able to (in a written form) describe assumptions in the
design process and (in written form) present the results of the
design process.
- Be able to communicate with structural designers and others
engaged in the building process.
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
- Be able to assess the assumptions that are used in the design
process and assess their relevance.
- Be able to find and assess information based on achieved
competence.
Contents
- Repetition: forces and moments, free body diagrams, stresses
and strains.
- Bernoulli beam theory: section forces due to bending of
a beam. Normal stress and shear stress due to bending of a beam.
Deformation due to bending of a beam. Statically indetermined
beams.
- Column buckling.
- Principles of design, principles of safety, loads that affect
buildings.
- Structural materials: steel, timber and concrete.
- Structural element types and behavior (beams, columns, frames,
analysis of support conditions)
- (Global) lateral stability of structures.
- Design for bending moment, normal force, combined bending
moment and normal force, shear force, deformations.
As part of the course, some training in presentation techniques
and CAD is provided.
Examination details
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written short exams as well as assignments and(mandatory) participation at seminars.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Parts
Code: 0118. Name: Assignments.
Credits: 1. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Assignments Contents: All course content
Code: 0218. Name: Short Exam 1.
Credits: 2,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written exam Contents: Course content from first part of the course
Code: 0318. Name: Short Exam 2.
Credits: 2,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written exam Contents: Course content from second part of the course
Admission
Required prior knowledge: VSMA15 Mechanics, basic course,
VBMA25 Building Materials,
VBFA05 Building Technology
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VBK013, VSMA05
Reading list
- Heyden, S., Dahlblom, O., Olsson, A., Sandberg, G.: Introduktion till strukturmekaniken. Studentlitteratur, 2014, ISBN: 978-91-44-05125-3.
- Isaksson I., Mårtensson A., Thelandersson S.: Byggkonstruktion. Studentlitteratur, 2017, ISBN: 9789144118369.
- Isaksson I. och Mårtensson A.: Byggkonstruktion: regel- och formelsamling. Studentlitteratur, 2017, ISBN: 9789144118628.
- Other material that can be downloaded from the course homepage.
Contact and other information
Course coordinator: Eva Frühwald Hansson, eva.fruhwald@kstr.lth.se
Course coordinator: Miklos Molnar, miklos.molnar@kstr.lth.se
Further information: Course homepage at Live@Lund.se. All registered students have access to the course homepage. Short information available at www.kstr.lth.se/utbildning.