Courses persons responsible
Tapio Salmi

Lecturers
Tapio Salmi

Language of Instruction
Exercises, course literature and exam in English available.

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	3 h/week	3 h/week	2 h/week	-	-	-
Exercise	2 h/week	2 h/week	2 h/week	-	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
Student knows the theoretical background and the most important analytical methods of beam structures.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Theorems of work and energy and applications to the statics of beam structures. Torsion of thin-walled beams. Buckling, torsional buckling and lateral buckling. Plasticity theory of beam structures.

Requirements for completing the course
Exercises, individual works and a written examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Study material

Type	Name	Auhor	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability...	Exam material	Language
Summary of lectures	Palkkirakenteet	Tapio Salmi			Monistettavissa	Yes	Finnish

Prerequisites

Code	Course	Credits	M/R
TME-1300	TME-1300 Strength of Materials	5	Recommendable

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Remarks

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

- Contact teaching: 47 %
- Distance learning: 0 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 53 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	67.5
Exercises	60
Assignments	32
Total sum	159.5

Correspondence of content
TME-3700 Statics of Beam Structures

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Last modified	20.04.2006
Modified by	Tapio Salmi