MABY4400 Structural Analysis and Design Emneplan

After completing this course, the student will gain the following knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

Students have in-depth knowledge of:

• general mechanical behaviours of different soil types based on previous laboratory test results
• elastic-plasticity theory and stress-strain relationships
• concept of critical state and critical state soil mechanics
• soil models used in numerical simulation tools and their limitations
• Mathematical and theoretical basis of finite element method

Skills

Students can:

• capture key soil behaviours and interpret important soil parameters to be used for numerical simulation
• understand soil elastic-plasticity and critical state soil mechanics
• derive the simple constitutive equation to describe soil stress-strain behaviours
• modify / develop simple numerical work based on soil models to simulate soil elementary test
• use numerical tool (e.g. PLAXIS or GeoSuite) to solve the boundary value problem in geotechnical design

General competence

Students:

• deepen the understanding of soil mechanical behaviours and can use mathematics to simply describe it
• have good overview of typical soil models and can choose proper model to simulate soil behaviours

can use numerical tools (e.g. PLAXIS or GeoSuite) to perform numerical analysis with the selection of good parameter inputs, right boundary condition setting and result validation

MABY4100 Finite Element Method in Structural Analysis, or a course with an equivalent learning outcome.

Lectures, exercises and projects

Lectures: 2/3 lecture notes must be submitted and approved.

The teaching consists of lectures, 3-4 exercises (written assignments or computer-based assignments) and project work. The exercises are linked to the topics taught. The project assignment is to be carried out in groups of 1-3 students and concerns FE-analysis of a structure. The report forms part of the assessment for the grade awarded for the course. Detailed guidelines for the project assignment will be published in Canvas.

If lectures are delivered online, they may be recorded, and the recordings will be made available to students on Canvas.

All types of materials and equipment are allowed.

Grade scale A-F

Assessment parts:

1) Written Exam: All printed and written aids and a calculator that cannot be used to communicate with others. Excel will be avaliable during the exam.

2) Project Report: All aids are permitted.

Erik Ravik Sørlie

BYGG2200 Geotechnics or equivalent, MABY5410 Advanced soil mechanics

Aase Reyes