Basic knowledge of mathematics (direct proportionality, solving systems of linear equations, and differentiation and integration of polynomials) and secondary-school-level fundamentals of mechanics.

Professional Knowledge

The student will be familiar with the terminology used for different types of supports and beam systems classified according to their support conditions, including both statically determinate and statically indeterminate structures. The student will be able to distinguish between static and kinematic determinacy. They will understand the meaning of the two fundamental vectors: force and moment. They will know the terminology used for the different types of internal forces acting in a beam cross-section. The student will also understand the meaning of the numerical characteristics of plane areas expressed with respect to both coordinate axes and points in the plane of the area.

Professional Skills

The student will be able to determine support reactions and internal forces in planar statically determinate structures, including straight and kinked beams, three-hinged structures with and without a tie, planar beam systems, and trusses. They will be able to determine the centroids of cross-sections, as well as the second moments of area and products of inertia of plane areas. They will also be able to determine the internal forces in a simple spatial structure.

General Competencies

The student will be able to idealize simple statically determinate structures, formulate their computational models, and analyse their internal forces. Together with knowledge of the important geometric properties of member cross-sections, the student will be prepared to analyse the distribution of internal forces over the cross-sectional area in terms of stress. With the additional ability to calculate beam deformations, the student will be prepared to design structural members with respect to both ultimate and serviceability limit states.

• Programme BKC-SIS Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory