| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures and problem solvings. |
| Evaluation: Written exam and approval of coursework
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 59134 / C5934 |
| Prerequisites: 11511 / 59107 |
| No credit points with: 59134 / C5934 |
| Aim: To give the students the basic knowledge to design and analyse elements and joints in simple steel structures. |
| Contents: Applicability of steel structures. Structural steel grades. Joining methods: Riveting, bolting, welding. Residual stresses from welding. Design and analysis of: Members subjected to tension and compression, trusses, plate and box girders, simple bearings. Stability phenomena: Column and plate buckling, lateral-torsional instability. Simple joints: Splices, nodes, frame corners, brackets and footings. |
| Remarks: This course constitutes together with Concrete Structures (Theory and Design) and Timber Structures the basis within Structural Design. |
| Contact: Niels Jørgen Gimsing, building 118, (+45) 4525 1776, njg@byg.dtu.dk |
| Department: 011 Department of Civil Engineering |
| Updated: 24-04-2001 |
