Course content

- Design of beams and slabs (not prestressed) for moment, shear, cracks and deflection. The design includes anchorage of reinforcement.

- Design of columns.

- Design of foundations for moment, shear and cracks.

Digitization: Using digital computation tools

Ethics: Background of safety factors in design of structures

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

After having completed the subject the student will have knowledge of the empirical and theoretical background for the relevant European structural building code, the so-called Eurocode 2.

Skills: After having completed the subject the student will

- be able to design concrete slabs, beams and columns, according to Eurocode 2, including the principles for drawing simple reinforcement drawings.

General competence:

- After having completed the subject the student will have very good insight into the capacity of concrete structures.

- have acquired the necessary technical terms of the subject

Learning methods and activities

Scheduled time:

lectures: 45 hours; organized guidance: 30 hours; work with compulsory assignments: 105 hours; other preparation: 40 hours; a total of 220 hours.

Compulsory work requirements: 5 to 7 exercises, all of which except one must be approved.

Compulsory assignments

• Approved exercises

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Mechanics, Mechanics 2 og Design of constructions.

Course materials

Announced at the start of the course.