Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval.

 

Course context for academic year 2024-25

"Steel Structures" is a compulsory subject from the fifth semester of the Undergraduate Program in Civil Engineering. In order to reach a satisfactory level of achievement it is recommended that the students are already proficient with the following competences:

  • Analysis of geometric parameters of cross sections: baricentres, first and second moments of inertia.
  • Construction materials in civil engineering, more specifically, structural steel and its properties.
  • Analysis of statically determinate structures: simply supported beams, cantilevers and trusses.
  • Analysis of statically indeterminate structures: continuous beams and 2D frames.
  • Use of structural software for structural analysis, as well as programming with datasheets (e.g. Excel or similar).

The subject is organized in the following activities: seminars, group tutorials and computer aided sessions.

RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs):

DIGITALIZATION:

  • Programming with Excel
  • Use of BIM professional software for steel structures design

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT10 : Capacitat d'enfrontar, projectar i resoldre problemes reals demandats per la societat en l'àmbit de l'enginyeria.
  • CT11 : Capacitat d'aprendre i aplicar, de forma autònoma i interdisciplinària, nous conceptes i mètodes.
  • CT12 : Capacitat d'assimilar i adaptar-se a l'evolució contínua de la tecnologia en l'àmbit de desenvolupament professional.
  • CT14 : Capacitat d'autocrítica necessària per a l'anàlisi i millora de la qualitat d'un projecte.
  • CT8 : Capacitat de planificar tasques i comprometre's en el compliment d'objectius i terminis.
  • CT9 : Capacitat de treball en grup.

 

Specific Competences (Civil Branch)

  • CE6 : Coneixement del comportament de les estructures de formigó armat, de formigó pretesat i de les estructures metàl·liques, i capacitat per a concebre, projectar, construir i mantenir aquest tipus d'estructures.

 

Basic Transversal Competences

  • CB3 : Que els estudiants tinguen la capacitat de reunir i interpretar dades rellevants (normalment dins de la seua àrea d'estudi) per a emetre judicis que incloguen una reflexió sobre temes rellevants d'índole social, científica o ètica.
  • CB5 : Que els estudiants hagen desenvolupat les habilitats d'aprenentatge necessàries per a emprendre estudis posteriors amb un alt grau d'autonomia.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25

  • Applied knowledge of the technological properties and behaviour models of the materials and elements which are commonly used for the design and construction of steel structures.
  • Competence for understanding and application of the Spanish and European standards for the design and construction of steel structures.
  • Applied knowledge of the different structural analysis methods for steel structures according to the Spanish and European standards.
  • Competence for projecting, designing, building and conservating steel structures of moderate complexity.

 

 

General

Code: 33525
Lecturer responsible:
ORTEGA ALVAREZ, JOSE MARCOS
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS
    Area: ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0
  • Dept: CIVIL ENGINEERING
    Area: CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught