Academic Year/course:
2023/24
423 - Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
28724 - Engineering: Pre-Fabricated Sections
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
28724 - Engineering: Pre-Fabricated Sections
Faculty / School:
175 - Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de La Almunia
Degree:
423 - Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4 and 3
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The Engineering of Prefabricated Elements subject aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of the possibilities offered by the prefabrication market for the planning and design of structures. The characteristics of prefabricated structures and the aspects that should be considered during the project (design and calculation) of prefabricated structures, during their manufacture and during their construction (transport and assembly)will also be discussed.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), in such a way that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject, provide training and competence to contribute to some extent to their achievement:
-Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure.
2. Learning results
After passing the subject the student will have acquired the following knowledge:
- Knowledge of the prefabricated possibilities currently available on the market and their applications in the corresponding types of construction: civil construction, building, transport infrastructures, hydraulic infrastructures, structural elements, ornamental elements, road safety, etc.
- Knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of
limitations in the use of prefabricated parts, which may be imposed by transport conditions, assembly of the parts and joining methods, or by economic feasibility.
- Knowledge of the particularities in the design and calculation of prefabricated structures, with respect to the same elements built in situ.
- Knowledge of prefabrication techniques and the organization of an industrial prefabrication facility.
- Knowledge of the particular considerations to be taken into account in the final stages of the construction process with prefabricated elements: transport and assembly. To know the special means and conditions of transport that, in many cases, are associated with the construction of large precast elements, such as bridge beams, and to know the lifting and auxiliary means for on-site assembly of precast elements.
- Knowledge of future trends, such as the possibility of using coarse aggregates from recycled concrete in the manufacture of new concrete, or the increase in the use of recycled aggregates in the manufacture of new concrete or the increase in the use of materials with a lower carbon footprint, such as wood, in building structures.
- Knowledge of the calculation of two types of precast elements that stand out for their importance or uniqueness in the field of civil engineering: a prestressed precast element with prestressed reinforcement, taking into account the different construction phases (bridge beams) and the mechanical calculation of a reinforced concrete pipe with a sheet metal jacket.
3. Syllabus
Topic 1. Prefabrication. Current possibilities.
- What is meant by prefabrication. Advantages and disadvantages. Applications and trends.
Topic 2. Prestressed concrete concept and system
- What does the prestressing technique consist of? Regulatory aspects.
Topic 3. Materials and equipment for prestressed concrete with prestressed reinforcement.
- Industrial manufacturing process. Regulatory aspects.
Topic 4. Loss of prestressing force. Final prestressing force.
Topic 5. Basic parameters in the design of prestressed parts.
Topic 6. Pre-dimensioning of prestressed parts.
Topic 7. Prefabrication in civil works.
- Reinforced concrete pipes with sheet metal jacket. Instruction of the Eduardo Torroja Institute.
- Other applications.
Topic 8. Prefabrication in the building industry.
- Industrial buildings.
- Other cases.
- Future trend.
Topic 9. Lightweight prefabricated products.
Topic 10. Transportation and assembly of prefabricated products.
4. Academic activities
The training of the students is structured as follows:
- Classes on the theoretical content of the syllabus.
- Problem solving classes, related to the theoretical content.
- Tutored practices, where the student can apply to practical cases, in a more or less autonomous way, the teachings received.
- Visits to prefabrication facilities or sites with prefabricated construction content.
- Seminars or seminars given in the classroom by experts in the field. Students may also be invited to to attend conferences or events related to prefabricated structures held outside the School.
- Personal or group tutoring and personalized attention. These tutorials may be face-to-face or online.
5. Assessment system
Continuous assessment
The tutored internships will have a weight of 25% of the overall assessment. The practical exercise will deal with the calculation of some prefabricated structural element (prestressed beams, reinforced concrete pipes with sheet metal jacket) or with the analysis of some publications related to prefabrication.
At the end of the syllabus, students will undergo a theoretical-practical evaluation test, with a weight of 70% in the evaluation. This test will contain a series of 10 questions of a theoretical nature and one or two exercises of a practical nature ( ). Half of the evaluation of the written exercise corresponds to the theoretical content and the other half to the practical content.
The remaining 5% corresponds to attendance to face-to-face activities.
The qualification during the continuous assessment is composed as follows:
Assessment activity -Weight
Face-to-face activities 5%
Practices (25%)
Continuous assessment exams 70%
Students who do not pass the subject in continuous assessment must take the final exams, whose content will have the same structure as the theoretical-practical test of continuous assessment. On this occasion, the student'sgrade will be the maximum value from among the following two:
- 90% of the grade of the final exam + 5% of the grade of the classroom activities + 5% of the grade of the practice.
- 100% of the final exam grade.
In all cases, in order to pass the subject, a score equal to or higher than 5 points must be obtained.