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Computer aided structure calculations (5 cr)

Code: RA00CQ31-3007

General information


Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 30.04.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Construction and Energy Engineering

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Construction Engineering

Teachers

  • Jani Pitkänen

Teacher in charge

Jani Pitkänen

Groups

  • PRSA19SP
    Industrial Wood Construction, full-time studies
  • RAKT19SP
    Construction engineering, full-time studies
  • RAKT20SP
    Construction engineering, full-time studies
  • RAKT19SM
    Construction engineering, part-time studies

Objective

You are able to design and dimension structures in different FEM programs.
You know how to make Excel-based programs.
You know how to make MathCAD-based programs.

Content

Core competence

How to build a variable structural image in Excel?
How do you get the material library into a drop-down menu?
How to obtain forces and support reactions from FEM program?
How to manage the loads and their aggregations in FEM programs?
How are the deflections of structures determined?

Complementary knowledge

How do Excel and FEM programs work together?
How is concrete beam reinforcement dimensioned in FEM program?
How do the modeling / CAD and FEM programs work together?



Specialist knowledge

What does 2nd order calculation mean?
How are the structures optimized FEM-assisted?
How are the spring constants of the rod ends included in the design?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Wood structures 1, Steel tructures, Basics of concrete & brick structures, Information technology