Study Guide

Objective

Occupational and environmental safety in construction
Students know how to manage the construction of concrete and masonry structures. They are able to organise the installation of elements and the construction of temporary support structures, also attending to occupational safety issues.

Competence in structural engineering
Concrete structures:
Students are familiar with those properties of concrete and reinforcing steels, which affect the function and strength of structures, and they know the main principles of concrete-steel interaction. Students know how to determine stresses of simple structural members. They are competent in determining design strengths of concrete and reinforced steels, in designing common reinforced concrete cross sections and in determining their bending and shear resistance. Students know how to design simple reinforced concrete cross sections subject to compressive normal force. They know how to determine anchoring, joints and shear lengths in simple reinforcement cases. They also know how concrete deformation affects the design and how follow-ups steps and moulding affect concrete creep.

Masonry structures
Students are familiar with the materials and behaviour of the more common masonry structures and with the selection criteria for masonry units and mortar mixtures. They are aware of the behaviour of common masonry structures and of the main design principles. Students are able to determine the strength of a common masonry wall.

Competence in the construction process
Concrete structures:
Students are familiar with examples of reinforcing various structural members and with structural instructions on structural members cast on site. They know the most important structural members of concrete element systems, techniques of joining and supporting elements and the principles of pre-stressing. They are able to determine how the behaviour of pre-stressed structures affects construction work. Students know how to take into consideration the effect of house technical requirements on the framework (installation drawings)
Masonry structures:
Students are familiar with the principal structural instructions on the design and construction of commonly used masonry members.

Content

Concrete structures:
- Design strength of concrete and reinforcing steels
- Design and reinforcement drawings of simple reinforced concrete structures
- Effect of the follow-up steps and molding on concrete creep
- Concrete elements
- Pre-stressed concrete structures and their impact on construction work
- Management of concrete work on site
- Site visits
Masonry structures:
- Materials of masonry structures
- Behaviour of masonry structures
- Strength of masonry walls
- Structural instructions
- Management of masonry work on site

- Laboratory work

Materials

Eurocodes/regulations on concrete structures and masonry (partly).

RunkoRYL 2010 General quality criteria for frame structures in house building

lecturer's own material

Teaching methods

Lectures, laboratory work, assignments and excursion.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 160 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to manage a safe implementation of work with concrete structures and masonry structures. The student knows the matters with effects on the choice of material and creep.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to define the design strength of concrete and concrete steel and to design a usual reinforced-concrete cross section in simple cases. The student recognizes the key components of precast concrete systems and their joining and support methods.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has good command of what they have learned and is able to apply it. They can also analyze the connections between different things. The student can make diversified analyses and draw conclusions based on what they have learned.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam.

Qualifications

Structural mechanics, construction Planning , concrete technology, basics of structural design