Structural Engineering

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• Credits: 30
• Language: English 
• Location: Groningen
• Startdate: Semester 1 2023

About this minor

Using advanced applied mechanics and mathematics, students learn to calculate these connections and dependencies. These calculations are done 'by hand' and using software based on the finite element method (FEM).

Another main subject is the use of materials in civil and architectural engineering constructions. Which materials can be used in which elements? What are the possibilities and impossibilities of the materials used? Why would you construct something in cement but not in steel? Should that construction element be made with cement? Would constructive masonry be better and cheaper?

Students will be encouraged to think in terms of material use by way of lectures on various construction materials, such as prestressed and reinforced concrete constructions, as well as steel constructions and earthworks. The course will also take an in-depth look at steel constructions and foundation engineering. A number of lectures will deal with specialist subjects, such as reinforced masonry and glass in building.

In addition to a theoretical component, the minor also comprises a practical component. This practical component consists of practical and research assignments based on the theoretical component of the minor, taking place at BuildinG, Hanze UAS' living lab, and at the Hanze UAS Centre of Expertise.

BuildinG is a meeting point for 'education, research and entrepreneurship'. Students will use these three core values to resolve research questions and work on practical assignments related to the minor's theory lectures.

Before you can start

Available to

• students following the Built Environment programme at Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen (minor enrolment via Osiris);
• Students from our partner institutions abroad. You can apply once your university has officially nominated you. For more information visit hanze.nl/isd. The application deadline for the winter semester is 15 May, for the spring semester this is 15 October.

Expected knowledge before starting the minor Structural Engineering

- applied mechanics; external and internal equilibrium;
- applied mechanics; statically indeterminate constructions;
- applied mechanics; calculation deformations
- soil mechanics: calculations soil tensions and soil bearing capacity
- steel structures: stability, calculations of beams, columns and connections
- concrete structures: stability, calculation of reinforcement for beams, columns and connections