Unit information: Structural Engineering 3 in 2015/16

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

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.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Underestand the bound theorems of plasticity for analysis and design of structures (A2)
• Understand the influences of axial and shear forces on plastic flexural capacity (A2)
• Understand yield line analysis of concrete slabs and estimate ultimate loads (A2)
• Be able to develop iterative strategies to predict nonlinear load responses of structures (B5)
• Understand when material and / or geometric nonlinearities are likely to feature in structural response. (C2, C4)

Teaching Information

Lectures, 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