Topics for the admission exam to the Master Structural engineering, September 2014

Topics - Steel structures

1. Limit states used in steel structures design 2. Structural steel – requirements, characteristics and imperfections 3. Welded connections of structural steel members 4. Bolted connections of structural steel members 5. Structural members in compression – behaviour, design and typical details 6. Structural members in bending – behaviour, design and typical details 7. Single storey industrial buildings – structural system, structural members and their

functions, sketches 8. Columns of single storey industrial buildings – design, typical details 9. Lattice girders – design, typical details Bibliography EN 1993-1-1 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules

for buildings EN 1993-1-8 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-8 : Design of joints EN 1990:2002 – Eurocode – Basis of structural design Dalban C., Dima S., Chesaru E., Şerbescu C. – Construcţii cu structura metalică, Ed.

Didactică si Pedagogică, 1997 Dalban C., Juncan N., Şerbescu C., Varga Al., Dima Ş. – Construcţii metalice, Ed. Didactică si

Pedagogică, 1983

Topics - Reinforced concrete structures

1. Ultimate Limit States of Strength for Bending with or without Axial Force. 2. Behaviour Stages for Reinforced Concrete Members. 3. Serviceability Limit States – Crack control. 4. R/C Frame-System Structures – Design action effects – Capacity Design requirements; Drift

Control checking. Main requirements for Beams, Columns and Joints. Bibliography EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2 Design of concrete structures Part 1-1 General rules and rules for

buildings – (English, electronic form) Eurocode 2 Worked Examples (European Concrete Platform ASBL 2008) (English, electronic

form) A.W. Beeby, R.S. Narayan: Designer’s Guide to En 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2 Design of concrete

buildings (Thomas Telford – British Library) (English, electronic form). EN 1998-1 Eurocode 8 Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Part 1 General rules,

seismic actions and and rules for buildings – (English, electronic form) P100-1/2013 – Cod de proiectare seismica. Partea I. Prevederi de proiectare pentru cladiri

(in Romanian) JRC European Commission: Eurocode 8: Seismic Design of Buildings. Worked Examples

(Workshop “EC8: Seismic Design of Buildings”, Lisbon, Feb. 2011) L. Crainic: Reinforced Concrete Structures (Napoca Star 2003) (English) L. Crainic & M. Munteanu: Seismic Performance of Concrete Buildings (CRC Press, 2012)