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Concrete Structures 1 (5 cr)

Code: RAK2H1-3007

General information


Enrollment
16.04.2022 - 07.09.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
15.08.2022 - 06.11.2022
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
4 cr
Virtual portion
1 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
SeAMK Construction Engineering and Construction Management
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Engineering
Teachers
Veli Autio
Martti Perälä
Course
RAK2H1

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Competence in the construction process
The student will be capable of using computer programmes in the designing process.

Competence in structural engineering
Students will be competent in designing traditional concrete structures in ultimate and serviceability limit states according to the Eurocodes.

Content

- Characteristic and design strength of concrete and steel
- Elastic properties of concrete and steel
- Exposure class
- Design of beams, one-way slabs, columns, walls and footings in the ultimate limit state
- Anchorage of steel bars and laps
- Design in the serviceability limit state: cracking and deflection
- Constructional notes: reinforcement and structural parts
- Bracing of concrete structures
- Computer programmes for designing of concrete structures

Materials

Eurocode EN 1992. Betonirakenteiden suunnittelu ja mitoitus 2005. BY 210. Suomen betoniyhdistys. Betonirakenteiden suunnittelun oppikirja 2013 – Osa 1, by 211. Suomen betoniyhdistys (2013). Betonirakenteiden suunnittelun oppikirja 2014 – Osa 2, by 211. BY-Koulutus (2014). Lecturer's own material.

Teaching methods

Lectures, calculation exercises and structural test in the laboratory.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 133 h
- of which scheduled studies: 64 h
- of which autonomous studies: 69 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to use the Eurocode for concrete structures in the dimensioning of a simple beam.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to use the Eurocode for concrete structures in the dimensioning of different bar structures.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to apply very well the Eurocode for concrete structures in the dimensioning of different bar structures.

Qualifications

Statics, Strength of Materials, Statically indeterminate frame structures, Concrete Technology, Framework Systems and Basics of Structural Design.

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