Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module:

• Understand fundamental properties of structures and materials in engineering with emphasis on their structural response.
• Understand fundamental theories and methods for analysis of structural material behaviour, including elasticity and plasticity.
• Understand the difference between linear and non-linear structural behaviour in relation to large displacements 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

Students who complete the module:

• Use correct terminology regarding the behaviour and modelling of structures and materials.
• Be able to set up the static, kinematic and constitutive relations for solving a structural problem.
• Be able to apply the principle of virtual work in solving structural problems.
• Be able to apply elastic and standard plastic material models for simulating structural material behaviour.
• Be able to understand different types of non-linear structural behaviour.
• Be able to understand the limitations in different structural models. 

Competences

Students who complete the module:

• Be able to analyse the behaviour of structures and 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

The module is 5 ECTS which is corresponding to 150 hours of study.

Exam

Exams