Course

Environmental Loads (BYG525)

The course will introduce environmental loads on civil engineering structures and how they impact the structural design.


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Fakta

Emnekode

BYG525

Vekting (stp)

5

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Timeplan

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Litteratur

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Content

Snow and ice loads. Seismic loads and structural response analysis. Wind loads and load effects. Linear wave theory. Wave forces.

Learning outcome

The course is to give students an introduction to environmental loads. Upon completing the course, the students shall:

  • be familiar with snow and ice loads effects on structures as well as the load design values
  • be familiar with effects of earthquake on structures, and be able to compute structural response to earthquake by using the design spectrum
  • be familiar with the mean and time-varying wind forces on structures, and be able to calculate the static and dynamic wind-induced response
  • be familiar with the linear wave theory and wave and current loads on structures

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Structural Dynamics (BYG550)

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written exam 1/1 3 Hours Letter grades All written and printed means are allowed. Calculators are allowed


Written exam on paper.

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Compulsory assignments

5 out of 6 assignments has to be approved in order to allow one to take the exam. One of the exercises includes measurements in a wind tunnel.

Mandatory work (assignments) must be approved by the lecturer within a given period ahead of examination date.

Method of work

On average, three hours lectures pr. week including one hour tutorial class each second week. Calculation exercises and one lab exercise. All information about the course will be made available on Canvas. The course will be taught in English.

Åpent for

Structural and Mechanical Engineering - Master of Science Degree Programme
Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Kontakt

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 2