30993 - Fundamentals of Construction Technique T

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Luca Landi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: ICAR/09
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Luca Landi (Modulo 1) Omar Fabbri (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Building Engineering (cod. 0921)

Learning outcomes

The main topics relating the design of the structural systems aimed at the stability of buildings are studied: direct and indirect actions, restraints, analytical models, evaluation of the structural safety through probabilistic approaches; design and construction criteria; loading tests; code for structural design. 

Course contents

1 ) Illustration of the design issues and of the methods for the verification of the structural safety. The allowable stress method. The semi-probabilistic limit state method.

2) References to codes and guidelines on the actions and loads (permanent loads and variable loads; human actions and environmental actions, seismic actions).

3) Elements of the theory of beams under bending and illustration of the fundamental cases.

4) The solution of statically indeterminate plane structures with the equilibrium method (solution with the general method and with the simplified method).

5) Verification of reinforced concrete elements subjected to axial force, bending moment and shear force with the ultimate limit state method.

6) Verification of reinforced concrete elements subjected to axial force, bending moment and shear force with the allowable stress method.

7) Criteria for design and construction details related to structural elements in reinforced concrete: slabs, beams, columns, foundations.

The course includes exercises regarding the design and dimensioning of reinforced concrete buildings. It is planned to develop numerical and graphical applications.

Readings/Bibliography

Autori vari, Manuale di Ingegneria Civile, Ed. Zanichelli/ESAC, Bologna.

O. Belluzzi, Scienza delle costruzioni, Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna.

M. Capurso, La statica del cemento armato, Pitagora editrice, Bologna.

E. Cosenza, G. Manfredi, M. Pecce, Strutture in cemento armato: basi della progettazione, Hoepli.

A. Ghersi, Il cemento armato: dalle tensioni ammissibili agli stati limite: un approccio unitario, Ed. Dario Flaccovio, Palermo.

E. Giangreco, Ingegneria delle strutture, UTET.

R. Lancellotta, Geotecnica, Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna.

A. Migliacci, Progetto agli stati limite delle strutture in c.a., Ed. Masson, Milano.

V. Nunziata, Teoria e pratica delle strutture in cemento armato, Ed. Dario Flaccovio, Palermo.

P. Pozzati, Teoria e Tecnica delle strutture, Ed. UTET, Torino.

Teaching methods

The course is characterized by frontal lessons at the blackboard and with power-point slides.

Assessment methods

The examination at the end of the course is aimed at assessing the achievement of the learning objectives, with reference to the methods of safety assessment, the solution of frame structures, the design criteria and the verification of structural elements.

Teaching tools

Lecture-notes supplied by the teacher, reference codes, design examples.

Office hours

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