5 ECTS credits
135 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1015503BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
The aim of this course is to familiarize the student with the design of buildings in general and with renovation and restoration of buildings more specific. Design rules, determination of the loads (Eurocode I), global design, detailed design of simple construction components, but also durability and fire safety of construction materials, safety at the construction site and cost are important topics which illustrate the diversity and complexity of the building process. When it comes to restoration and/or renovation the historical study, the survey and the (visual) inspection of the actual state of preservation, specific stability problems and the potential extension and/or strengthening possibilities are the particular points of interest. All these aspects are extensively treated during the formal lectures and afterward applied in exercises, case studies and visits of construction sites.
End terms:
After studying the course the student will understand the working principles and know how to design simple two dimensional construction systems. He/she will gain a clear understanding of the design process of new buildings but also of the restoration and/or renovation process of existing buildings. He/she will be able to calculate 2D-structures by hand as well as by means of a computer code like SCIA-ESA PT.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of integrated design methods according to customer and user needs with the ability to apply and integrate knowledge and understanding of other engineering disciplines to support the own specialisation engineering one.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of fundamental, basic methods and theories to schematize and model problems or processes.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can define, classify, formulate and solve engineering problems, identify the constraints and is able to delimit and formulate the tasks in order to submit these to a critical examination and to check the solutions for their sustainability and social relevance.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can correctly report on design results in the form of a technical report or in the form of a paper.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can work in team, shows creativity and entrepreneurship, and has intellectual mobility.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has more advanced fundamental knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of structures, construction materials, soil and fluids (Civil Engineering) and can apply this knowledge to solve basic engineering problems.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 60% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering: Civil Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering: verkort traject bouwkunde na vooropleiding industriële wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Architectural Engineering: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Architectural Engineering: default