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Steel Structures (3cr)

Code: RKM2H3-3017

General information

Enrollment: 22.04.2025 - 03.09.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 12.01.2026 - 10.04.2026; The implementation has not yet started.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: SeAMK Construction Engineering and Construction Management

Campus: SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Bachelor of Construction Site Management

Teachers: Martti Perälä

Groups: MRKM24
Bachelor of Construction Site Management, Multimodal implementation

Course: RKM2H3

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Competence in structural engineering
Students know the various types of steel and their uses, and know how to determine the design strengths of steel. They know the more common steel profiles (rolled and welded), and cross section classifications and how they are determined. Students know how to design simple beams and columns in case of flexural buckling. Students understand stability cases (buckling, lateral buckling of beams and buckling of plates) and take them into consideration in structural design.

Competence in the construction process
Students understand the principles of bracing steel frames, their behaviour and the importance of temporary support and stability during construction.

Content

- steel as a construction material, types of steel and design strengths
- steel profiles, cross section classification
- stability phenomena and how to take them into consideration in structural design
- steel frame systems, bracing of steel frames
- design of simple beams, design of columns in case of flexural buckling
- laboratory work

Materials

Eurocodes/regulations on steel structures (partly).
RunkoRYL 2010 General quality criteria for frame structures in house building.
Lecturer’s own material.

Teaching methods

Lectures, calculation exercises, home work and laboratory work. Contact lessons.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 80 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know different steel profiles, their uses and the meaning of steel grades. They are able to determine the cross-section class in simple basic cases.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to design a simple beam for bending and shear in the ultimate limit state. They are able to design a simple beam for deflection in the serviceability limit state. They are able to design the stiffening principles of a steel frame.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the above, students are able to dimension a steel column for level crossing.

Qualifications

Statics for Construction Site Managers, Strength of Materials for Construction Site Managers, Basics of Structural Design.