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| GCIV2032-2 | Design and means of erection of structures and bridges
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 10h Pr, 0,5d FW, 10h Proj. |
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| Lecturer : | Vincent De Ville De Goyet, Jean-Marc Franssen |
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| Coordinator : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course is made of two successive and complementary parts.
The first part is dedicated to the design of structures in general. The most common structural systems are examined and their functioning is explained. The adequacy of the most common building materials with these different systems is discussed.It is explained how to choose the general shape of a structure and their main dimensions. Are described in details: bars in compression, bars in tension, systems with cables, arches, plane and tridimentional trusses, beams and bracing systems.
The second part is dedicated to the design and methods of erection of bridges. The different types of bridge are examined on the base of their structural system: girder bridges, arch bridges, tied arch bridges, portal bridges, cable stayed bridges, suspended bridges, etc. The domain of application is given for each conventional building material. For each solution are given some means to make a quick preliminary design and the possible means of erection. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able to conceive a structure, choosing between a library od structural solutions tha he understands how they work and what is their best field of application.
He will be able to choose among different types of bridges when he must conceive a bridge in a particular site. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Good notions of structural mechanics. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The teachers first explain the functionning of the most classical and frequent types of structures and bridges
The students must then design a structure. They have all freedom of choice but the structure must comply with the general requests given by the hypothetical future owner of the structure.
The students are also inviteed to observe the structures that they come across in their everyday life and choose one of them that they analyse more particularly. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Written notes are distributed in electronic format, but it is strongly recommended that the students attend the lectures. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final mark is the average of the marks of each of the two parts.
The mark of the first part is made (for 1/3), of some comments to be made by the student on a particular existing structure that he has chosen and of the structure that the has designed (2/3). If some marked exercices are made during the year (always with advanced notice), their mark is included in the second part of the mark(i.e. in the 2/3).
The mark of the second part is based on the answers given by the students to two questions asked to him on the day of the examination. The first one deals with the knowledge of the fundamental principles that have been explained during the lectures (70%) and the second one is the analysis, from photographs, of an existing bridge (30%). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Normally, the course will be organised on the second quadrimeter, on Wednesday, from 8:30 to 12:30.. |
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Contacts :
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| jm.franssen@ulg.ac.be, +32-4-366.92.65
vdeville@greisch.com +32-4-364.11.35(jmcremer@greisch.com
Secretary: 366.96.29) |
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