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CNST-H401

Prestressed concrete

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Stéphanie STAQUET (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

3

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

(1) Thin walled structures : sectorial properties; beams subjected to torsion; lateral torsional buckling and other problems of stability of steel structures. (3) Design of prestressed concrete beams. (4) Composite (steel-concrete) columns, beams and slabs. (4) Limit load analysis of continuous beams and simple frames in steel, reinforced concrete or composite. (5) Selected topics of design of reinforced concrete structures: slabs; strut and tie method; structural effects of time-dependent deformations of concrete in statically indeterminate structures; slender columns.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Design of steel, concrete or composite statically inderminate structures taking into account their nonlinear behaviour.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Courses requiring this course

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, practicals, on site visit.

Contribution to the teaching profile

This teaching unit contributes to the following competences:

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of exact sciences with the specificity of their application to engineering

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of integrated structural design methods in the framework of a global design strategy

  • Develop, plan, execute and manage engineering projects at the level of a starting professional

  • A critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others

  • Design (conceptually and quantitatively), model, realize and manage concrete, steel and composite structures in the context of buildings and civil engineering infrastructures

  • Integrate advanced modelling tools for the design of complex structures in civil engineering

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

J.A. CALGARO, Poutres à parois minces, Hermes. M.K. HURST, Prestressed concrete design, E&FN Spon. M.A. HIRT et al., Construction métallique, TGC de l'EPFL, Vol.10, PPUR. R. FAVRE et al., Dimensionnement des structures en béton, TGC de l'EPFL, Vol. 8, PPUR. B. ESPION, Aspects Approfondis du calcul des Constructions en Béton, PUB.

Other information

Contacts

Service BATir - CP 194/02 Bât. C, Niv 3 Tél.:02/650 27 24 Email: bespion@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • written examination
  • Oral examination

written examination

Oral examination

Written and Oral Examination

Programmes