Curricula

Objectives

Object of the course:
The knowledge and skills you get on this course you will need in the future in order to be able to design load-bearing timber structures for demanding grade buildings.
Course competences:
- Mathematic and Natural science competence
- Technological competence
The learning objectives of the course:
You can design load-bearing timber structures of the demanding grade in an ultimate-limit and service-limit state. You can also design the stiffening of frame. You can design fireproofing for load-bearing structures.
These are also the basic tasks of the course.

Content

Designing and stiffening of a wide framed building. Designing of a wooden pillar and beam with varying height, joints of bearing frame, fire engineering of wooden parts and joints, frame systems and designing of basic components for wooden block of flats, considering weakening for beams.

Teaching methods

- Lectures face-to-face / Online Lectures,
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- Webinars
- etc.

Practical training and working life connections

Excursions
etc..

Exam dates and retake possibilities

May 2024.

Alternative completion methods

Studification: See the Despcription of Module.

Student workload

- Lectures 45 h
- Independent Work 90 h.
( including among others: Learning assignments, Home Works, preparing for Test)
- Total 135 h

Further information for students

Grading methods
- Test
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- Continuing Grading
- Self Grading

The Grading is high-quality and it is based on the learning objectives and criterion of the course.
Self Grading has an important role in Student's Grading.

See also Grading

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Passable (1): The student recognizes all of the learning objectives, understands the meaning of them and is able to perform the basic tasks described in the learning objectives of the course.

Satisfying (2): In addition to previous skills, the student can systematically describe the issues of the course.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): In addition to previous skills, the student can describe the influences of various solutions and can make reasoned choices between alternatives.

Laudable (4): In addition to previous skills, the student can apply the learned issues independently and is able to evaluate done solutions.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent ( 5 ): In addition to previous skills, the student shows deep knowledge of course contents as well as ability to parse and wider analyze the influences of solutions.

Prerequisites

Timber Structures 1

Further information

Studification:
The Student has to show that he masters the learning objectives of the course with proof, such as f.eg. certificate of earlier degrees, documents and performances made in working life supplemented with statements.

Qualifications:
The course is part of studies that belong to qualifications of civil engineer (Ministry of the Environment guidelines on the difficulty classes of design tasks YM1/601/2015).

The studies follow guidelines of curriculum performed in cooperation with Universities of applied sciences and construction industry in 2017.