Structural Design of Buildings

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr, 40h Proj.

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean-Marc Franssen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

• Brief introduction to static forces (graphical approach), resistance and behaviour of materials.
• Presentation of the functioning of standard structural elements.
• Analysis of cases.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• Thanks to an approach as direct and intuitive as possible, students get the tools so as to understand and grasp the impact of the structural system on the architecture of a building.
• The students acquire further technical and scientific device ton confirm the intuitive approach.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Analytical work of existing buildingq and presentation of these analyses to the other students of the class.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face. Slideshow during ex cathedra class, along with some documentation if necessary.

Recommended or required readings

Recommended: L'art des structures, Aurelio Muttoni, EPFL

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Out-of-session test(s)


Additional information:

Evaluation of the presentations of existing buildings: 50%
Quiz during the year (subjects covered mentionned before hand): 50%
The students who will obtain at least 14/20 for the average of these two marks will not be obliged to present an examination and this average will be their final mark.
Thos who will not obtain 14/20 (plus thse who obtained 14/20 but nevertheless want to improvbe their mark) will present an oral examination on the same topics as the quiz. The mark of this examination will replace the mark of the quiz.
 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Prof. Jean-Marc FRANSSEN  Tél. 0499 388 444 e-mail : jm.franssen@uliege.be

Secrétariat : Delphine Soyeur Institut du Génie Civil B52, +1/529 Tél. 04 366 96 29 delphine.soyeur@uliege.be

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