Unit name | Structural Engineering 3 |
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Unit code | CENG31400 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Macdonald |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
CENG25100 Structures and Materials 2 (or equivalent) |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Aims:
To equip students with understanding and analytical skills to quantify the ways in which reliance on the strengths of materials may be used to develop novel theories for economic design of structures incorporating metals, with applications to steel frames, continuous beams and to reinforced concrete slabs.
To illustrate to students how to use physical reasoning to develop approximate models that underpin iterative strategies for analysing the complex behaviours of structures due to both material and geometric nonlinearities.
By the end of the course, successful students will;
1. understand the bound theorems of plasticity for analysis and design of structures,
2. understand the influences of axial and shear forces on plastic flexural capacity,
3. understand yield line analysis of concrete slabs and estimate ultimate loads,
4. be able to develop iterative strategies to predict nonlinear load responses of structures,
5. understand when material and / or geometric nonlinearities are likely to feature in structural response.
Lectures, example classes
2 hour exam (100%)
Plasticity for Engineers, C. R. Calladine
Plasticity for Structural Engineers, W. F. Chen
Plastic Methods for Steel and Concrete Structures, S. J. Moy
Theory of Structures, Coates, Coutie and Kong