Course content

Design of buildings and civil engineering structures, with focus on the structural elements and the structural systems and how the loads are carried. Examples of structures and their performance. Choice of an effective and economical structural system for the specific project, with choice of structural material, structural shapes for the components, bracing systems, foundations, and joints. Functioning of the various parts, and how to design them. Building rules and design standards. Design loads on structures, forces and displacements. Dimensioning of elements in wood, steel and concrete. Statically indeterminate structures, and design of elements combining two or more structural materials, i.e., composite action. Declaration of environmental properties of structures, design for re-use. Overview of the steps in the design and dimension of structures, quality control in engineering designs, verification and execution control.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises.

A design project for a simple buliding structure where the students work in groups and suggest a structural system, design and document it

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

MEKT1201 Mekanikk 1 or a similar course

BYGT2101 Konstruksjonsteknikk or a similar course

Required previous knowledge

Bechelor courses:

Mechanics - statics and simple mechanics, trusses and beams

Structural engineering - mechanics, introduction in loads, load combinations, buckling, stress analysis

Course materials

No spesific English literature.