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Semester 2
Structural Engineering 3 (CIVE09038)
Subject
Civil Engineering
College
SCE
Credits
10
Normal Year Taken
3
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Course Summary
In this course, students develop an understanding of the basic concepts in to the design of steel, concrete, timber, composite and other structural elements. The course will cover the design for tensile, compression, shear, flexural, and combined loading.
Course Description
Structural Engineering 3 will help you develop skills towards design of structures against different performance requirements. By understanding how the loads are carried through structural elements, what internal forces generated by loads, constitutive behaviour of different materials, and possible failure modes, engineers can design structures to meet necessary performance levels. Topic 1: Introduction: Philosophy of structural design, role of a structural design engineer, role of mechanics-materials-failures-risk and safety, material efficiency-resource minimization-sustainability, tools available for design, understanding the performance, design codes and due diligence.Topic 2: Design for members under axial loading- mechanics governing the behaviour of structural members subjected to axial loading, incorporating material behaviour, section analysis, failures-crushing-rupture-instability, direct stiffness method for design, Eigen value analysis for bifurcation buckling, FE method for design, Design codes.Topic 3: Design of members under flexural loads- mechanics governing the behaviour of structural members subjected to axial loading, beam theories, material behaviour, section analysis, failures-section failure-instability, direct stiffness method for design, FE method for design, Design codes.Topic 4: Design of members subjected to combined axial and flexural loads- internal forces, interaction and section analysis, failures and consideration of instability, direct stiffness method for design, FE method for design, Design codes.Topic 5: Design of members subjected to shear: internal forces, incorporating material behaviour, design tools, design codes, interactions.Topic 6: Design for interfaces- mechanics of force transfer between layers, discrete and continuous interface connections, design for interfaces, FE method for interface design, Design codes.The course will have lectures, self-learning and laboratories that will help the student to understand the principals used in SE3. The students will demonstrate what they have learnt through a group project, concept presentation (group-20% of the final mark), continuing progress assessments (individual/group-30% of the final mark), and final poster presentation (group-50% of the final mark).
Assessment Information
Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Assessment Information
Written Exam %: 0 Practical Exam %: 0Coursework %: 100
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