The course is included in these curricula and study modules
Im 2005 - Design techniques
Level/category
Professional studies
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Compulsory
Recommended year of study
2
Total number of ECTS
3 cr
Competency aims
To give students the skills and understanding to analyze and solve engineering problems.
Learning outcomes
-To produce free body diagrams of engineering structures.
-To apply the equations of equilibrium in the solution of static engineering problems.
-To calculate the resultant and line of action of applied loads on engineering structures.
-To calculate the internal forces in truss members of bridges.
Course contents
- Concurrent Force Systems.
- Equilibrium.
- Moment and Torque.
- Distributed Forces.
- Trusses, Frames, and Machines.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None.
Previous course names
none
Additional information
none
Recommended or required reading
"Engineering Mechanics-Statics"
Riley and Sturges,
ISBN 0-471-51241-9
Study activities
- Lectures
- Assignments
- Individual work
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 0 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 0 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Written tests
Examiner
Vihtonen Mathew
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until further notice
The timetable of the course
complete semester