Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student is expected to:
- Know the different purposes for the most common steel and sheet metal profiles
- Be familiar with ordinary steel construction, and know the purposes for which steel construction is suitable / not suitable

Content

- Purpose of use for steel in construction technology
- The manner and processing of steel production
- The applications of ordinary steel and sheet metal profiles
- Manufacture, transport and assembly of steel structures
- The structural structure of hall buildings and house buildings with steel frame
- Rust protection
- Fire protection
- Design of curved rod with respect to cross-sectional class, bending, transverse force and deflection

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows the most common hot and cold worked structural elements, and knows the commonly occurring structural elements of sheet metal.
Can describe the most common rust and fire protection methods.
Can check to which cross-section class a beam belongs and can dimension beams in cross-section classes 1, 2 and 3 according to the theory of elasticity
Can briefly account for when there is a risk of lateral torsional buckling of beams.
Can design weld joints according to the simplified method.
Knows the requirements for edge spacing and spacing between bolts

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Knows the difference between hot and cold worked structural elements, as well as typical uses for thin plate structural elements. Can read typical steel drawings (partial drawings, whole and line drawings).
Familiar with common challenges associated with transport and assembly of steel structures.
Know when to design structural elements according to the theory of plasticity and can design beams and printed bars according to the appropriate theory, depending on cross-sectional class affinity.
Can check for a beam sufficient braking against lateral torsional buckling.
Can design weld joints according to the simplified method.
Can dimension shear bolts

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can draw steel drawings for parts and assembled whole.
Master the sizing of the most common structural elements, according to relevant theory.
Can check if a beam is sufficiently braced against lateral torsional buckling.
Is familiar with applicable parts of the content of EN1993-1-1, Chapter 6.
Can design connections as a combination of welded plates and shear bolts.
Is familiar with applicable parts of the contents of EN1993-1-8, on welds and shear bolted joints.

Qualifications

Basics in Construction Statistics,
Strength theory for construction