Conducted in terms:
Summer Semester 2007/08
Summer Semester 2008/09
Summer Semester 2009/10
Summer Semester 2010/11
Summer Semester 2011/12

ECTS credits: 6

Organized by: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Special steel structures X12168

Course content:Multi storey buildings, structural systems. Actions. Approximate methods of assesing internal forces. Second order effects. Construction elements. Shear connections. Tension connections. Joints.
Tanks: cylindrical, spherical. Constructing of roofs, shells, supports. Stability. Capacity. Limit states.
Masts and towers. The general characteristics. Scope of application. Advantages and faults.
Steel chimneys. Types. Methods of calculating

Learning outcomes:Ability of designing of special steel structures

Course coordinators

Term 2010L:

Jerzy Szlendak

Term 2009L:

Mirosław Broniewicz

Bibliography

a) basic references:High-Rise Manual: Typology and Design, Construction and Technology (Hardcover)
by Johann Eisele (Editor), Ellen Kloft (Editor)

b) supplementary references:Ziółko J.: Metal tanks for liquids and gases.