Course

Environmental Loads (BYG525)

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


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2024-2025. Merk at det kan komme endringer.

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

BYG525

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Content

Snow and ice loads. Seismic loads and structural response analysis. Wind and wave statistics. Mean and fluctuating wind forces. Wind effects on slender structures (long-span bridges, wind turbines etc.) Linear wave theory. Wave forces. Temperature loads. Design principles.

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 as well as carry out simple response calculations in time-domain
  • 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
  • be familiar with the design loads and design principles

Forkunnskapskrav

Et av følgende alternativer:
Structural Mechanics 1 (BYG140)
Structural Mechanics 2 (BYG205)
Structural Dynamics (BYG550)

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Structural Mechanics 1 (BYG140), Structural Dynamics (BYG550)

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Written exam 1/1 4 Hours Letter grades All written and printed means are allowed. Calculators are allowed


Written exam on paper.

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen/vurdering

6 out of 7 assignments has to be approved in order to allow one to take the exam.

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

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Mona Wetrhus Minde

Course coordinator:

Jasna Bogunovic Jakobsen

Course teacher:

Jungao Wang

Method of work

On average, five hours lectures and one hour tutorial pr. week. All information about the course will be made available on Canvas. The course will be taught in English.

Overlapping

Emne Reduksjon (SP)
Environmental Loads (BYG520_1) , Environmental Loads (BYG525_1) 6

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 subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.
The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1