Lightweight Structures
Holders: Assoc. Prof. Jerman Boris
Subject description
The Lightweight Structures course deals with the principles of designing modern lightweight structures. Steel, aluminum alloy, and composite structures are covered. The theoretical background relevant to the design of lightweight metal structures, including essential material properties, is presented. Practical procedures for the design, dimensioning, and intuitive optimization of lightweight metal structures with thin-walled rectangular and circular cross sections are discussed in detail. Welded joints are also considered. A semi-probabilistic design procedure is presented, as well as the fundamentals of probabilistic design criteria and limit states. The fundamental aspects of selecting an appropriate type of lightweight composite structure and the use of the finite element method in the design and dimensioning of lightweight structures are also discussed.
