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Fifth year

Building Techniques

Building techniques (structural design): limit states and safety, actions, reinforced concrete, steel members and connections, seismic design and foundations.

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Course syllabus

8 topics, in course order

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8 of 8 topics have a complete lesson

  1. 1 Structural safety and limit states In depth: Probability for signals: Bayes, random variables and the Gaussian
  2. 2 Actions on structures In depth: Fluid mechanics: hydrostatic pressure, Pascal, Archimedes and Bernoulli
  3. 3 Reinforced concrete in bending In depth: Bending: Navier's formula and moment of inertia
  4. 4 Reinforced concrete in shear In depth: Stress, the Cauchy tensor and Mohr's circle
  5. 5 Steel members In depth: Instability of equilibrium: Euler's critical load
  6. 6 Steel connections
  7. 7 Seismic design In depth: Oscillations: simple harmonic motion, the pendulum, damping and resonance
  8. 8 Foundations