Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2024-04-17
Effective: 2024-05-08
Main field: Technology
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: V2
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The aim of the course is to give an introduction to structural mechanics with application to types of structures that are common in buildings and infrastructure.
The course is built upon previous courses in especially mechanics, mathematics and material science and is intended as basic general knowledge for a MSc in Civil Engineering and to give necessary prerequisites for further studies in structural and geotechnical engineering and more advanced structural mechanics.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course starts with a revision of free-body diagrams and equilibrium, with application to trusses, and introduction of the concepts stress and strain.
After that follows a compehensive treatment of Bernoulli's beam theory:
Finally, some furter subjects within structural mechanics are introduced:
Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Two hand-in assignments (one of which is also presented orally), one laboratory assignment and one written examination.
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.
Modules
Code: 0108. Name: Structural Mechanics.
Credits: 8.0. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5).
Assumed prior knowledge:
VSM010 Mechanics or VSMA25 Mechanics
The number of participants is limited to: No
Kursen överlappar följande kurser:
VSM140
VSM141
VSMA10
VSMA20
VSMA11
Course coordinator: Universitetslektor Susanne Heyden,
susanne.heyden@construction.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.byggmek.lth.se/utbildning/kurser