Steel Structures II

- Lecturer: A. Taras

- Coordinating assistant: M. Giulieri

- Semester: Autumn

- Language: German

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The lecture Steel Structures II complements the knowledge acquired in Steel Structures I by providing students with additional theoretical and practical knowledge, e.g. on the design of steel and composite structures against strain-based plastic failure, fatigue, plate buckling, as well as on the structural modelling and analysis of more complex building and bridge structures. These more theoretical topics will be exemplified and illustrated by applications to real problems in the design of bridges and multi-storey building structures. Finally, the course will provide detailed insight into aspects pertaining to structural detailing, fabrication, erection and cost estimation for constructional steelwork.

Students will follow lectures (in class or online) and take part in application classes in small groups to apply the learned theory to practical examples. They will be provided with homework examples to further test their progress. During the semester, they will study a selected, real structure in a group of 6 to 7 students and give a presentation on the main design and fabrication aspects involved in its making. In addition, the students will be given the opportunity to learn about practical aspects of steelwork fabrication during a one-day introductory welding seminar. An excursion to a local steelworks shop or construction site will round off the semester and further expand the "hands-on" experiences during the course.

The oral examination from Steel Structures II is an examination discussion with Prof. Taras and an additional employee as "witness". The contents of the lecture Steel Structures II (bridge construction, composite construction, plate buckling, fatigue, fabrication & erection) will be discussed using examples on the blackboard. The student does not have to perform complete calculations, but she/he should be able to explain calculation processes in principle. The content of Steel Structures I is only relevant in its basic aspects, i.e. the safety concept, the materials used and the basic principles of the stability analyses, if these are also necessary for understanding and reproducing the content of Steel Structures II.