Bend and Break
CT-MI-147
This minor introduces you to research and engineering topics in structural designing and engineering in the four themes depicted below. You will be introduced to various building materials, each of which possesses specific outstanding technical properties that make them ideally suited for their purpose. When applied in careful structural design, materials realise the structural properties used in buildings, transport and other civil infrastructure that shape our society and provide the basis for economic activity. Circularity of materials and circularity embedded in structural design aim to preserve building materials for future use and to reduce the ecological footprint of the construction sector. The four themes are shaped by six macro- and minicourses in which laboratory practicums are central. There you apply your newly acquired knowledge in typical engineering activities such as designing and modelling, testing, material processing and measurement. All lab work is done in a small student group with whom you build and test your samples or process recycled materials.
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
ECs: 30
Language: English
Maximum participants: 30
Education periods: Q1, Q2
Minor code: CT-MI-147
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For whom?
TU Delft: Bk, CT, IO, LR, MT, LT, TA, TN, Wb, EE, TI
Leiden: Physics, MST
Erasmus: no access.
Other Universities: BSc knowledge mechanics and materials, affinity with engineering.
HTS/University of applied sciences: Send a motivated request by email to the program coordinator.
What will you learn
In Bend and Break you will learn about construction materials and how to design and analyse civil engineering structures. You will build and test your own test pieces. You will experience for yourself whether your design and materials behave just as you expected, or show unpredictable behaviour. This is the kind of experience you need in making responsible decisions concerning civil engineering designs, and to be able to make a more considered choice from among the new or recycled construction materials available.
Education methods
Minicourses (5/3EC each): lectures, workshops, supervised lab practicum activities.
Macro courses (5EC each): lectures, workshops, computer supported learning, (partly) supervised lab practicum activities, lab report and written exam.
Education methods
See information aboveParticipating institutions
Faculty of Civil Engineering and GeosciencesContact
Dr.ir. Maarten Bakker
- +31 (0)15 27 85219
- M.C.M.Bakker@tudelft.nl
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Resources & Recycling
Students about this minor:
“When conducting the tests, the variety of failure mechanisms was highly educational.”
“It's important to agree together how you will check each other's work, because you don't want to find a calculation error when you've already reached the construction or testing phase.”
“It's a fantastic experience when a structure that you've designed and built yourself from scratch performs well in the tests."
Challenges
“Thinking outside the box to create the best design.”