Steel Construction Master (M_KB8)

Civil engineering master's degree course
Summer Semester
Elective module
4 hours per week of a semester
6 ECTS credit points 

Lecturers

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Pak
Sebastian Korte, M.Sc.

Learning Outcomes / Competences

• Skills for the safe dimensioning of complex structures with stability risk (consolidation of buckling behaviour, consolidation of 2nd order theory)
• ability to design steel structures according to the load factor method (plastic hinge theory)
• knowledge of fatigue strength aspects and design of crane girders

Teaching Contents

• design of steel structures according to methods with geometric non-linearity (consolidation of 2nd order theory
• design of steel structures according to methods with material non-linearity (load factor method, plastic hinge theory)
• consolidation: stability case buckling
• fatigue strength, dimensioning and design of crane girders

Type of examination

Written examination, 180 minutes

Prerequisite for admission to the examination

• Preparatory assessments on specified topics

Additional remarks

The elective module Steel Construction Master requires good knowledge of Steel Construction I, Steel Construction II as well as engineering mechanics and structural mechanics.