Duration
40h Th, 1d FW
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The objective of this course is to provide the students with fondamental knowledges allowing designing building structures. In particular, the following concepts will be addressed:
- Functional requirements such as acoustic performance, fire safety, ...
- Basic building elements (roofing, flooring, wall, joints, foundations, facade ...)
- Construciton techniques
- Building types (single-storey buildings, multi-storey, high-rise ...)
- ...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
- Conceive the structural scheme of a building construction;
- Select the most appropriate building elements;
- Establish the plans, including sections and details.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequesites:
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Corequesites:
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Frontal lectures.
Some lectures will be seminars with lecturers from outside the University (practitionners from industry)
Site visits could be organised.
The presence of the students at the seminars and at the site visits is mandatory.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Frontal lectures
Recommended or required readings
Lecture notes will be distributed to the students in electronic form.
All the PowerPoint presentations will also be made available through MyULg.
Assessment methods and criteria
Closed-book written exam
A student who has not participated to all the mandatory activities will not be allowed to present the examination. A mark "A" will be attributed in this case (except if a specific justification is provided and accepted by the professors which will analyse the justificiation with equity).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is organised during the second semester
Contacts
Jean-Marc Franssen - jm.franssen@uliege.be ; Jean-François Demonceau - jfdemonceau@uliege.be ; Boyan Mihaylov - Boyan.Mihaylov@uliege.be