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Basics of Structural Design (3cr)

Code: TE00CS44-3004

General information


Enrollment
02.12.2025 - 11.01.2026
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
Timing
05.01.2026 - 30.04.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Unit
Construction Industry
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
0 - 60
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Construction and Municipal Engineering
Teachers
Olli Hautaniemi
Groups
PRAKIS25A
PRAKIS25A
Course
TE00CS44

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Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Upon completing the course, the student will be familiar with the eligibility requirements for designers, the tasks of a structural designer, and the various phases of design. Additionally, the student will be acquainted with typical framing systems, structural solutions, and connections of structural elements. The student will be able to determine design loads in different loading scenarios and dimension some common structural elements.

Content

-Eligibility requirements for designers
-Tasks of a structural designer and the various phases of design
-Framing systems and connections of structural elements
-Structural drawings and structural calculations

-Design principles of structures
-Ultimate limit state
-Serviceability limit state
-Accidental situation
-Combination of loads

-Loads
-Unit weights and self-weight
-Live loads on buildings
-Snow loads
-Wind loads

-Dimensioning of common structural elements

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