Bridge construction & Fatigue

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Submodule steel and composite bridge construction (WiSe)

  • Load models for road, rail and pedestrian bridges
  • Main and secondary load-bearing systems
  • Modeling
  • Cross-sections of bridge structures
  • Bearings and supports
  • Assembly issues of steel and composite bridge structures
  • Calculation of construction stages
  • Introduction to the verifications according to DIN EN 1993-2 and DIN EN 1994-2

Lifetime submodule & Fatigue (WiSe)

  • Basics of fatigue
  • Wöhler line
  • Smith diagram
  • Damage accumulation hypotheses
  • Service life prediction for deterministic effects
  • Nominal stress concept
  • Structural stress concept
  • Notch stress concept
  • Introduction to fracture mechanics
  • Proof of fatigue strength according to DIN EN 1993-1-9 and the various technical standards of EC3

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