Structural Design

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Design techniques for steel and reinforced concrete framed buildings
• Analysis and design of reinforced concrete and steel structures using limit state theory
• Conceptual choice and preliminary sizing of key elements for structural design
• Calculation of design loads on steel and concrete structures for both serviceability and ultimate limit states

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Effective communication through written reports
• Application of critical analysis to engineering data
• Solving problems via idealisation and analysis

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Analyse structural behaviour and performance
• Derive structural component capacities
• Solve problems in structural engineering
• Compare a range of options for solution of a structural problem

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Produce reinforcement detailing arrangements for reinforced concrete members
• Perform detailed design calculations for simple steel frames
• Undertake design of reinforced concrete beams, columns, and slabs in accordance to Eurocode 2
• Undertake design of steel structural members in accordance to Eurocode 3

Part 1: Structural steel design

Background to Eurocodes and design philosophy; Structural analysis; Behaviour and design of tension members; Local buckling and cross-section classification; Behaviour and design of compression members; Behaviour and design of flexural members; Beam-columns and frames design; Connection design; Introduction to building design.

Part 2: Reinforced concrete design

Introduction to Eurocode 2; Basics of reinforced concrete (RC) design; Behaviour and design of RC beams; Behaviour and design of RC slabs; Solid slabs and punching shear; Behaviour and design of RC columns; Reinforcement detailing.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• Lectures
• Tutorials

Learning activities include

• Worked examples
• Tutorial questions
• Coursework
• Problem assignments
• Private study

PowerPoint slides, tutorial sheets and solutions, worked examples and pre-recorded videos available from module Blackboard

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

W.M.C. McKenzie (2015). Design of Structural Elements. Red Globe Press.

N.S. Trahair, M.A. Bradford, D.A. Nethercot, L. Gardner (2008). The behaviour and design of steel structures to EC3. Taylor and Francis.

C. Arya (2009). Design of Structural Elements: Concrete, Steelwork, Masonry and Timber Designs to British Standards and Eurocodes. CRC Press.

A. W. Beeby, R. S. Narayanan and H. Gulvanessian (2005). Designers' Guide to Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures.

L. Gardner and D.A. Nethercot (2011). Designers’ Guide to EN 1993-1-1: Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Buildings. London: Thomas Telford Publishing.

B. Davidson and G.W. Owens (2012). Steel Designers Manual. The Steel Construction Institute, Wiley Blackwell.

Assessment strategy

A wide range of feedback is employed including guided tutorials and structured problem solving to measure your learning. Assessment is via IStructE chartership exam design projects.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External