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| Type: | Ph.D.-level, Open University Language: Danish
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| Previous course: 59335/59135/C5935 | 
| No credit points with: 59335/59135/C5935 | 
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| Prerequisite: 59308, 59309, 59334 | 
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| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester | 
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| Examination: Written exam (13-scale) | 
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| Remarks: Desirable for 59343 Bridge Structures. | 
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| Contact person: | Henning Agerskov, Building 118, Tel. +45 4525 1706, email ha@byg.dtu.dk |  
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| Department: Department of Structural Engineering and Materials | 
| Aim: The course aims at giving the participants a detailed knowledge of analysis and design of steel structures, enabling them to deal with more advanced steel structures. | 
| Contents: Plate girders: Girders with varying height. Stresses due to concentrated loads on flanges and web plate. Stiffened girders. Plastic moment capacity. Post-critical moment capacity. Plate girder variants: Hybrid girders. Castellated girders. Composite girders concrete/steel. Special, more complicated structural elements and connections: End-plate connections. Beam-to-columm connections. Curved frame corners. Neoprene bearings. Steel structures subject to fatigue. Fracture mechanics determination of fatigue life. Aluminium structures. |