GCIV2172-1 : Metallic Elements Caculation

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GCIV2172-1

Metallic Elements Caculation

Duration :

30h Th, 30h Pr, 1d FW, 10h Proj.

Number of credits :

Bachelor in engineering : architecture		5
Bachelor in engineering : architecture		5
Bachelor in engineering		5
Bachelor in engineering		5
Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Jean-Pierre Jaspart

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course constitutes an introduction to steel construction and to the design of the main structural elements of a steel structure. It includes the following subjects:

Knowledge of the steel material and its fabrication mode
Steel constructions safety
Plasticity
Classification and resistance of steel cross-sections
Design of members subjected to tension
Design of members subjected to compression
Design of members subjected to bending
Design of members subjected to compression and bending
Design of connections

Learning outcomes of the course :

At the end of this course and the exercise sessions, the students will be able to design simple steel structural members with idealised support conditions and subjected to one of the following basic loadings: pure tension, pure compression, simple bending and compression-bending. For this purpose, they will be able to check the necessary resistance and stability requirements at ultimate limit state and the displacement limitations at serviceability limit state.Finally they will be able to check the resistance of connectors used in steel construction.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Solid and material mechanics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Teaching and learning strategy:

Theory lessons: 30h (attendance is strongly recommended but not compulsory)
Exercise sessions: 30h (attendance is COMPULSORY), including 2h test
Group project consisting in the design of a basic structure.

Exercise sessions are organised during which the concepts taught in the theory lessons are applied. Some exercises will be solved and explained in detail during these sessions while others will be partially or fully solved by the students themselves.
For the group work, a report will have to be handed in at a date to be decided by the teacher. At their request, the students might meet the teacher who has corrected their report to discuss the observed mistakes

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face lecture

Recommended or required readings :

For the theory lessons, the students will be given notes covering the whole course contents.
For the exercise sessions, the students will be given an exercise book in which they can find many solved and unsolved exercises

Assessment methods and criteria :

An oral examination will be organised at the end of the term, as well as a 2 hours long written examination. For the theory examination, the students will be asked to physically understand the phenomena and be able to explain them instead of repeating the notes content.
An exercise test will be organised. The subject will be the design of members submitted to pure tension, pure compression or bending. After the group work, a report will be handed in and evaluated. The obtained marks will be taken into account to compute the course global mark. A written exercise examination will be organised, for which the students will be allowed to have their books and notes.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Four hours per week (Thursday from 13h30 to 18h00) will be devoted, during the whole semester, either to theory or to exercises.

Contacts :

Jean-Pierre JASPART, Ordniary Professor, jean-pierre.jaspart@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: Lotfi HAMRA, Research Engineer, lhamra@ulg.ac.be