Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr, 1d FW, 10h Proj.
Number of credits
| Bachelor in engineering : architectural engineering | 5 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in engineering | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
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
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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.
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.
This material will be downloadable on myULg.
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.
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.
This latter activity is inseparable from the teaching unit and considered as compulsory. A student who has not participated in this activity and / or who has not submitted the expected report within the prescribed deadlines or in the prescribed forms will not be allowed to present the examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Four hours per week (Friday 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: Jean-François DEMONCEAU, associate professor, jfdemonceau(lhamra@ulg.ac.be)@(lhamra@ulg.ac.be)ulg.ac.be(lhamra@ulg.ac.be)