Course detail

Metal and Timber Structures 1

FAST-BOA024-AAcad. year: 2026/2027

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Farzad Hejazi, Steel structures design based on Eurocode 3, Singapore : Springer 2018, ISBN 978-981-10-8835-3 (EN)
Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7  (EN)
Simões da Silva, L., Simões, R., & Gervásio, H. (2010). Design of Steel Structures: Eurocode 3 – Design of Steel Structures. Part 1-1: General Rules and Rules for Buildings. Brussels: ECCS – European Convention for Constructional Steelwork. (EN)
Trahair, N. S., Bradford, M. A., Nethercot, D., & Gardner, L. (2008). The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3 (4th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. (EN)

Recommended reading

EN 1993-1-1: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2014 (EN)
EN 1993-1-8: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: Design of joints. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2014. (EN)
EN 1995-1-1: Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures – Part 1-1: General – Common rules and rules for buildings Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2008. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-SIS Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Self-study

30 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

48 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer