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Advanced Course in Strength of Materials (3 cr)

Code: TE00BO16-3004

General information


Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 30.09.2024

Timing

31.08.2024 - 20.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Construction and Municipal Engineering

Teachers

  • Olli Hautaniemi

Groups

  • PRAKIS22
  • RAKS22
    RAKS22

Objective

The student understands theory of plasticity and finite element method (FEM) and is able to apply them in structural mechanics.

Content

-Introduction to Theory of Plasticity
-Ultimate Load of statically determinate and indeterminate truss and beam
-Plastic Moment and Cross-Section Shape Factor
-Yield Line Theory: Application of Plasticity Theory to Slabs
-Basics of the Finite Element Method (rods, beams with two and four degrees of freedom)

Exam schedules

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Content scheduling

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Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam and homework. Participation in the exam requires completion of at least 40% of the homework.
You can earn bonus points for the exam as follows:
- 1 point when 80% of the homework is completed
- 2 points when 100% of the homework is completed