Steel Composite Construction (M_KB14)
Civil engineering master's degree course
Winter Semester
Elective module
4 hours per week of a semester
6 ECTS credit points
Lecturers
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Pak
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Sahm
Learning Outcomes / Competences
- Acquisition of comprehensive skills for dimensioning and design of steel composite structures in building and bridge construction
- Competences for calculation in the ultimate and serviceability limit states (ULS, SLS)
Teaching Contents
- design and construction of steel composite beams (single and multi-span) for building construction, ultimate limit state (ULS) verifications (elastic and plastic moment bearing capacity, shear force, M-V interaction, time-dependent behaviour (creep, shrinkage))
- serviceability limit state (SLS) design, cracking
- design and construction of steel composite columns
- design and construction of steel composite slabs
Type of examination
Written examination, 180 minutes
Prerequisite for admission to the examination
Preparatory assessments on specified topics
Additional remarks
The elective module Steel composite construction requires good knowledge of Steel Construction I, Steel Construction II as well as engineering mechanics and structural mechanics.