Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Understand fundamental properties of structures and construction materials in civil engineering with emphasis on their mechanical response.
• Understand fundamental theories and methods for analysis of structural material behaviour, including elasticity and plasticity.
• Understand fundamental continuum mechanics theories for solids, plates and beams.
• Have a basic knowledge and understanding of experimental work related to calibration of material models.

Skills

• Use correct terminology regarding the behaviour and modelling of construction materials.
• Be able to formulate a constitutive model for the behaviour of a construction material.
• Be able to set up the static, kinematic and constitutive relations for solving a mechanical problem.
• Be able to apply the principle of virtual work in solving mechanical problems.
• Be able to apply classical elastic and plastic material models for simulating structural material behaviour.

Competences

• Be able to analyse the behaviour of structures and construction materials.
• Be able to select and apply appropriate material models for the analysis of structural behaviour under different load conditions.
• Be able to compare results obtained by different constitutive models and be able to judge the quality of the results.
• Be able to compare results obtained by different structural models and be able to judge the quality of the results.

Type of instruction

Lectures, etc. supplemented with project work, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams