Entry requirements

Participation in Linear Algebra for Engineers, Calculus I for Engineers and Basic Structural Engineering.

Learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student must be able to:

• state equilibrium conditions for planar systems,
• analyze bars, plane trusses, beams and shafts with respect to internal forces, stresses and deformations,
• analyze indeterminate beams,
• transform stress and strain in multiaxial stress and deformation states,
• determine critical loads for compression loaded columns,
• explain plasticity in beams.

Content

Part: Itroduction to structural elements: axially loaded bars, statically determinate beams, and planar trusses. Fundamental concepts: forces, moments, equilibrium conditions, stress, strain, and deformation. Equilibrium conditions, Hooke’s law, cross-sectional properties, and the relationship between force/moment and stress.

Part 2: Continued analysis of structural elements. The slope-deflection method for statically indeterminate beams and frames. Torsion of shafts. Elastic instability of compression-loaded columns. Introduction to plastic behavior of beams and yield criteria. Multiaxial states of stress and deformation.

Instruction

Lectures, calculation exercises and assignments.

Assessment

Hand-in assignments (2 credits) and a written examination (3 credits) after Part 1.

Hand-in assignments (2 credits) and a written examination (3 credits) after Part 2.

If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions to the specified examination method and allow an individual student to be examined in a different way. Special reasons can e.g. be notified of special pedagogical support from the university's coordinator for students with disabilities.