Study Guide

Objective

Competence in the construction process
The student will make use of computer programmes in the designing process of steel structures.

Competence in structural engineering
Students will be competent in designing steel structures in ultimate and serviceability limit states according to the eurocodes. Students will be competent in designing joints for steel structures according to eurocodes.

Content

- Steel as building material
- Strength and elastic properties of structural steel
- Steel grades
- Cross-section classes
- Resistance of cross-section under tension, compression, bending, shearing and torsion
- Resistance of cross-section under combination of internal forces
- Designing for deflection
- Resistance in case of stability phenomena as buckling and lateral torsional buckling
- Basics of designing bolted connections
- Basics of designing welded connections
- Bracing of steel structures
- Using computer programmes in the designing of steel structures
- Laboratory work

Materials

Eurocodes and corresponding national annexes for steel structures.

Lecturer's material.

Hitsatut profiilit EN 1993 -käsikirja, Ruukki.

Rakenneputket EN 1993 -käsikirja, Ruukki.

Teräsrakenteiden suunnittelu- ja mitoitus Eurocode 3 -oppikirja, TRY.

N.S. Trahair, M.A. Bradford, D.A. Nethercot, L. Gardner: The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3, Taylor and Francis.

Teaching methods

Lectures, calculation exercises, designing exercise and laboratory exercise. Contact lessons.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 134 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to use the Eurocode for steel structures in a simple basic dimensioning situation. The student is able to define the cross-section class.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to apply the Eurocode for steel structures very well in the dimensioning of different bar structures, paying attention to the stability of the structures.

Assessment methods and criteria

Two mid-term exams or one final exam and designing exercise.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to use the Eurocode for steel structures in a simple basic dimensioning situation. The student is able to define the cross-section class.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

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

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to apply the Eurocode for steel structures very well in the dimensioning of different bar structures, paying attention to the stability of the structures.

Qualifications

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