Statically indeterminate frame structures

Structure Type: Course
Code: KC05BR10203
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 4.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Perälä, Martti
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Learning Outcomes

Students will be competent in recognising statically indeterminate bar structures. They will know how to solve strains, displacements and internal forces of statically indeterminate bar structures in different load cases.

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course: 107 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Statics, Strength of materials, Vectors and matrices.

Contents

• Degree of statical indeterminancy
• Force method
• Moment method
• Sway- and non-sway structure
• Effect of support movement
• Temperature effects
• Unit load method

Recommended or Required Reading

Salmi, Kuula: Rakenteiden mekaniikka, Pressus Oy, Tampere. Lecture's material.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, calculation exercises and homework.

Assessment Criteria

Grading will be announced during the course.

Assessment Methods

Two mid-term exams or one final exam.

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