Unit information: Structural Engineering 3 in 2013/14

Unit name	Structural Engineering 3
Unit code	CENG31400
Credit points	10
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Sebastian
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

Description including Unit Aims

• Use of plasticity theory to analyse and design structures.

Aims are to equip students with understanding and analytical skills to quantify the ways in which reliance on the strengths of metals may be used to develop novel theories (the bound theorems of plasticity) for economic design of structures incorporating metals, with applications to steel frames, continuous beams and to reinforced concrete slabs.

• Iterative strategies for nonlinear analysis.

Aim is 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.

• Dynamics – SDOF and MDOF analyses

Aim is to develop students’ abilities to pursue dynamic analyses of single and multi-degree-of-freedom structural systems subject to free vibration and simple excitation.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Use of the bound theorems of plasticity for analysis and design of structures
• Understanding of influences of axial and shear forces on plastic flexural capacity
• Enable development of iterative strategies to predict nonlinear load responses of structures.
• Understand when material and / or geometric nonlinearities are likely to feature in structural response.
• Understand the basic principles of dynamic analysis of structures.

Teaching Information

Lectures, with invited speaker; example classes

Assessment Information

2 hour exam (100%)

Reading and References

• 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
• Dynamics of Structures, Clough & Penzien