Structural Design 1

lbarc1361  2024-2025  Bruxelles Saint-Gilles

Structural Design 1
4.00 credits
40.0 h
Q2
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Teacher(s)
Sgambi Luca;
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
This teaching unit forms part of the continuous process of learning about structures and their behaviour.
  • Eurocodes
  • Loads, overloads and combinations of actions and stress
  • Ultimate and serviceability limit states
  • Structures in masonry
  • Structures in concrete and reinforced concrete
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, students will be able to
  • understand and put forward a structural logic for a building.
  • understand and carry out lowering the loads in a building to the foundations.
  • understand the behaviour of a material according to its environment.
  • understand the approach to structures in reinforced concrete.
  • understand the technical documents linked to structures in reinforced concrete.
Contribution to the learning outcomes reference framework:
With regard to the learning outcomes reference framework of the Bachelor's degree in Architecture, this teaching unit contributes to the development, the acquisition and the assessment of the following learning outcomes:
Make use of other subjects
  • Make use of other subjects to ask questions about the design and implementation of an architectural project
Use the technical dimension
  • Observe and assess the main construction principles of a building
  • Be able to apply the various basic technical principles in a producing a work of architecture
 
Content
This course is devoted to the structural design of buildings in strong interaction with the architectural design. 
Three aspects are developed:
(1) Principles of spatial arrangement of the load-bearing elements.
(2) Principles of dimensionning of these elements. 
(3) Specificities of implementation on site.
Teaching methods
The course integrates lectures and practice sessions.
In addition, group work on the design, dimensioning and specifications for the execution of small structures is supervised by the teachers. It leads to various productions allowing to understand and evaluate the design and the execution methods.
Evaluation methods
The final assessment consists of a calculation report (in groups or individually) to be carried out during the course (hours of the course will be devoted to this activity) and a written exam. The calculation report counts for 4/20 of the final grade, and the written exam for 16/20.
 
Teaching materials
  • Supports des cours théoriques
  • Enoncés et corrigés des séances d'exercices
  • ABC du ciment et du béton, Ed. J.P. Jacobs, Bruxelles, 2005
  • Note d'information technique 260 : le ferraillage du béton, Edité par le centre scientifique et technique de la construction (CSTC), mars 2017
Faculty or entity
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Architecture (Bruxelles)
ARCB1BA
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LBARC1261 AND LBARC1164