BYVE3200 Design of Steel and Timber Structures Course description

The subject includes design of beams, columns and composite bearing elements of timber and steel in ultimate limit state, serviceability limit state and accidental limit state. The item includes welding joints, fasteners as bolts, nails, screws and timber connectors. The course will provide an understanding of the load effects, material properties and use of information given in other standards.Tests of rupture and shear strength on simple wooden samples. The course includes the use of Autodesk Robot structural analyses program. The subject is based on BYPE1100 Physics and Mechanics and BYTS2100 Building Materials and Concrete Design.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is familiar with:

• matrix statics and the finite element method
• second order deflection theory
• plastic theory

Skills

The student is capable of:

• conducting manual calculations using matrix statics
• conducting rupture strength calculations for beams and frames based on plastic flow
• using theory and FEM software to design specific structures, such as trusses, arches, frames, girder lattices etc., that will be exposed to different loads (including temperature loads)

General competence

The student:

• is capable of explaining the principles of element analysis
• is capable of critically assessing the results when comparing theoretical and numerical calculations
• understands the difference between elastic and plastic capacity

Lectures and exercises.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• 3 of 4 assigment

Exam autumn 2021 due to Covid.19:

Individual digital home exam, 3 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

[Exam earlier:]

Individual written exam, 3 hours.

The exam results can;be appealed.

Aids autumn 2021:

All aids allowed execpt communcation with others.

[Aids earlier:]

All printed and written aids, and an approved handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

Emrah Erduran

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