Material resistance and earth-made constructions
[BRES2206]
[30h + 22.5h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Sébastien Lambot
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
- master the fundamental theory of strength of materials and their mechanical behavior such as stress, deformation, strain and stress-strain relations
- calculate isostatic et hyperstatic structures
- master the basics of assembly in metallic structures (screwing and welding)
- design tiles and beams with rectangular and T sections in rebar reinforced concrete
- understand the fundamental theory of soil mechanics to design retaining walls and earth dams
- calculate soil compaction and settlements, and rates of settlement, under structures of various shapes and sizes.
- capable of performing basic analytical procedures in these situations to obtain the engineering quantity desired given the formuli, tables, and the soil properties and understand their limitations.
Main themes
- Calculation of structures : support reactive forces, stresses in bars, solving isostatic structures (matrix method, Crémona's method, section method), solving hyperstatic structures, the clipping method, displacements of nodes, instability.
- Assembly principles in metallic construction : calculation of screws, calculations of welds.
- Rebar concrete technology : concrete constituents, physical and mechanical characteristics, design of beams and tiles in rebar concrete, design of longitudinal and transversal armatures, rectangular and T sections.
- Fundamentals of soil mechanics for the design of retaining walls and earth dams : stresses in the soil, resistance to shearing, the breaking criterion of Mohr-Coulomb, deformation (compressive stress, consolidation and collapse)
- Fundamentals of soil mechanics for computing soil compaction, settlements and their dynamics, and foundations: the consolidation process, methods of settlement prediction, rate of settlement analysis.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
- Soil Physics