HS1722 Statics and Strength of Materials 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Last planned examination: Spring 2025
Decision to discontinue this course:
The course is discontinued at the end of the spring semester 2023 accordning to Head of school decision A 2023-0905, 3.2.2
Decision date: 2023-05-23
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
- Support reactions
- Normal force, shear force and bending moment
- Hooke’s law
- Axially loaded members. Trusses.
- Normal stresses in beams
- Deflections of beams
- Optimization of structures in order to achieve increased sustainability
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Determine the magnitude and direction of resultant force
- Calculate the centre of mass for an asymmetric cross-section
- Calculate support reactions for cantilever and simple beams
- Calculate and draw load, shear and moment diagrams
- Calculate normal stresses for axially loaded members
- Perform calculations of deformation using Hooke’s law
- Perform calculations of shear stresses for small cross-sections
- Perform calculations of bending stresses in cantilever and simple beams
- Calculate cumulative loads for cases with dead weight and one imposed load
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Students in year 1 of the Higher Education Diploma programme in Construction Management
Recommended prerequisites
AF1717 Technical Work, Methods and Tools
HF1700 Mathematics
HS1721 Building Technology
Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- TEN1 - Examination, 7.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Passing grade on written examination (TEN1, 7.5 credits), grading scale: A-F
Overall course grade is based on grading scale A-F
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.