The aim of this module is to teach students the fundamentals of the design of steel structures. A student who has successfully completed this module can:
- analyse and determine the basic behaviour of structural steel elements;
- understand and apply limit states design and determine the actions on a structure in terms of the code of practice SANS 10160;
- determine the structural response and capacity of steel elements in terms of the SANS 10162 design code;
- determine and assess the structural response of steel elements to verify the function thereof in integrated structures;
- use steel as a construction material based on sufficient knowledge of the material properties and structural behaviour;
- complete a procedural design according to code requirements;
- execute a non-procedural design by using established concepts and by comparing alternative solutions with each other.
- analyse and determine the basic behaviour of structural steel elements;
- understand and apply limit states design and determine the actions on a structure in terms of the code of practice SANS 10160;
- determine the structural response and capacity of steel elements in terms of the SANS 10162 design code;
- determine and assess the structural response of steel elements to verify the function thereof in integrated structures;
- use steel as a construction material based on sufficient knowledge of the material properties and structural behaviour;
- complete a procedural design according to code requirements;
- execute a non-procedural design by using established concepts and by comparing alternative solutions with each other.
- Manager: Alet Muller
- Facilitator: Nico De Koker
- Facilitator: Trevor Haas
- Facilitator: Richard Walls
- Facilitator: Andrew Way