Civil Engineering

BASIS OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN

General Data

Code: 16U063
Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 4.00
Engagement hours: 120.00
ISCED-F: Building and civil engineering
Status: Mandatory
Academic Year: 2º
Term: 1º
Modality: Presential
Languages: English
Available for Mobility Students: Yes
Restricted to alliance: No

Coordination

Description

The objective of this course is for students to be able to describe, apply and analyze basic principles of safety concepts and concepts of modeling of engineering structures in accordance with European regulations (Eurocodes) and national norms.

Subject area

Civil Engineering – Structural Design, Eurocodes, Structural Safety, Load Models

Requirements

No prerequisites required. Recommended basic knowledge of mechanics, structural analysis, materials and material mechanics.

Instructors

red. prof. dr. MIROSLAV PREMROV

Contents

  1. Basic information about European standards from the field of building structures.
  2. General principles of structural design: basic requirements, ultimate and serviceability limit state design, national standards and Eurocodes.
  3. Superposition of actions for ultimate limit states and serviceability limit states. Safety factors.
  4. Models of structural loads: classification of loads according to time of action.
  5. Dead load, live load, snow load, wind load, seismic load, temperature and earth pressure using national standards and Eurocodes. Basic information about earthquake safety design of building structures.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to design a building structure taking into account all expected loads and their combinations.

Transferable/key skills:

Communication skills: written expression at written examination and oral expression at oral examination.

Recommended Readings and Tools

Readings:

  • Premrov, M., Kozem Šilih, E. (2017). Osnove projektiranja konstrukcij. Univerza v Mariboru. ISBN 978-961-286-017-2.
  • Kozem Šilih, E., Držečnik, M. (2023). Osnove projektiranja konstrukcij: zbirka vaj. Univerza v Mariboru. ISBN 978-961-286-794-2.
  • SIST EN 1990 Evrokod – Osnove projektiranja konstrukcij, 2004.
  • SIST EN 1991 Evrokod 1: Vplivi na konstrukcije, 2004.
  • SIST EN 1998-1 Evrokod 8: Projektiranje potresnoodpornih konstrukcij, 2005.

Planned Activities

Teaching mostly with a chalk on a blackboard supported with figures and photos using PowerPoint. Continuative use of the prescribed literature with emphasis on Eurocode 1 and Eurocode 8 standards and national codes.

Course structure:

  • Lectures: 30 hours
  • Tutorial: 18 hours
  • Individual work: 72 hours
  • Total: 120 hours

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Assessment weights:

  • Written examination: 50%
  • Oral examination: 50%

Additional information:

Student may replace the written exam with two positively assessed tests.