Bridge construction & Fatigue

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Submodule steel and composite bridge construction (WiSe)

  • Load models for road, railroad and pedestrian bridges
  • Main and secondary support systems
  • Modeling
  • Cross sections of bridge structures
  • Bearing and support
  • Assembly issues of steel and composite bridge structures
  • Introduction to the verifications according to DIN EN 1993-2 and DIN EN 1994-2

Lifetime submodule & Fatigue (WiSe)

  • Fatigue basics
  • Wöhler line
  • Smith chart
  • Damage accumulation hypotheses
  • Lifetime prediction for deterministic actions
  • Nominal stress concept
  • Structural stress concept
  • Modeling
  • Fatigue analysis according to DIN EN 1993-1-9

Module information

  • Master Civil Engineers
  • 8th semester
  • Partial module of the elective module steel construction in the specialization structural engineering
  • 6 ECTS (4 SWS)

Further information as well as the lecture notes can be found in moodle. The password for the course will be announced in the course.

Admission requirements and examination achievements according to the module handbook.

Module Handbook