Module overview
This module aims to provide a detailed understanding and practical application of methods of structural analysis and design to approved codes of practice relevant to typical steel and concrete framed structures. This module will build on the content of Part 2 CENV2024: Structural Design and Materials to cover the conceptualisation and detailed design of beams, columns, slabs and connections in reinforced concrete and steel incorporating limit state principles.
Linked modules
Pre-requisite/s: CENV2024 and MATH2048
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Learn independently
- Problem solving
- Written communication
- Analyse complex engineering systems
- Manage and organise time
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Derive structural component capacities
- Compare a range of options for solution of a structural problem
- Analyse structural behaviour and performance
- Justify the structural integrity proposed
- Demonstrate an understanding of bounds and limitations
- Solve problems in structural engineering
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- he behaviour and design of structural connections and the role of load paths
- Analysis and design of reinforced concrete and steel structures using limit state theory
- Maintenance and repair techniques
- Conceptual choice and preliminary sizing of key elements for structural designs
- A broad knowledge of contributory factors that may influence structural design and construction e.g. sustainability,
- Analysis and design techniques for steel and reinforced concrete framed buildings and bridges
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Create design schemes for the solution of a problem
- Integrate knowledge and information from a variety of sources to build a solution
- Design a structural solution to a simple or extended technical problem
Syllabus
Structural Steel
- Background to Eurocodes, design philosophy
- 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
Reinforced Concrete
- Introduction to Eurocode 2 and 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
Computational Modelling using SAP2000 software
- Modelling structural geometry
- Defining materials and structural members
- Defining boundary conditions
- Defining load cases and load combination
- Assigning loads to joints, members and areas
- Running analysis and visualising results
- Additional modelling cases (running buckling analysis and modelling solid slabs)
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
A combination of lectures, tutorials and computer workshops.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 108 |
| Lecture | 36 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 6 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Repeat year method - External repeat as per referral method.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Set Task | 100% |
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.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External