ARCH0001: Acoustics & sound control
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: To strengthen the
link between theory and design.
Objectives: To complement previous acoustics courses with an understanding
of the analytical methods and practical techniques for the acoustic
design of buildings.
Content: Wave theory: plane and spherical waves
Standing waves. Propagation across medium boundaries.
Vibration in buildings: free and forced vibration. Damping. Machine
motion, inertial bases
Traffic noise.
Sound insulation case studies.
Ventilation noise design: - ductborne and regenerated noise
Speech in offices
Open plan offices
ARCH0002: Continuum mechanics 1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce continuum
mechanics and its application to elasticity, plasticity and fluid
mechanics.
Content: The unit is complementary to other units describing
the numerical methods which would be used to solve the equations.
Equations in three dimensions using 'Timoshenko notation'. Stress
functions. Compatability equations.
Two dimensional elasticity: derivation of del4phi=0 and solutions
using polynomials.
Reworking of this using cartesian tensor notation to demonstrate
its utility.
Plasticity: Tresca and von Mises yield criteria. Outline proof
of upper and lower bound theorems. Application to indentation
problems.
Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations in fluid mechanics.
ARCH0003: Building environment 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: Introduction to basic
concepts and general design issues.
Objectives: To provide a basic vocabulary which enables a sensible
discussion of environmental issues. To make students aware of
the effects of physical impingements upon the body. The introduction
of principal design variables. To use calculations at a basic
level sufficient to enable students to make informed decisions
about the orientation of buildings, the choice of building envelope
and satisfactory internal conditions.
Content: Lighting
Seeing: Receptors, stimulus, sensation, adaption, contrast, perceptual
constancies
Design criteria: Seeing the world as it is, performance, critical
detail, contrast, light level.
Units: Radiant flux, luminous flux, illuminance, luminous exitance.
Calculations: Average illuminance, average daylight factor.
Natural light: Light environments, sunlight and daylight availability,
sunpath diagrams.
Windows: Design criteria for windows, area, distribution, position,
shape, details.
Thermal
Comfort: Physiology and metabolism, work performance, criteria,
comfort charts.
Air quality: airborne contaminants, O2, CO2, bacteria, odours
, ventilation needs.
Climate: Global, macro, micro, built form related to climate,
design values.
Properties: radiation, convection, conduction, water vapour
Units: Temperature, irradiance, humidity, moisture content
Fabric: heat gain and loss, U-values, condensation, Building Regulations,
peak temps.
Acoustics
Hearing: The experience of sound and the auditory system.
Sound: Its nature, Frequency and wavelength, measurement and quantification.
Units: Decibels, addition of sound levels.
Sound propagation: In free space, within rooms, Reverberation
and the Sabine equation.
Sound insulation: Transmission and absorption. Insulation and
mass.
ARCH0004: Building environment 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: A review of some
design methods encountered in practice.
Objectives: To gain a basic understanding of all principal concerns
in buildings including both the modification of external environment
using the building envelope and creation of good internal conditions
by appropriate building design and the incorporation of necessary
electrical and mechanical systems. To be able to do simple calculations
as well as apply the knowledge to design projects.
Content: Lighting
Daylight: Daylight factors at a point, Waldram diagrams, no sky
lines. Shading: Design of solar shading to exclude sunlight.
Units of light: Point sources, luminous intensity, luminance,
calculation of illuminance.
Light sources: Efficacy, life, colour, rendering, optical size,
physical size, flicker, lumen maintenance, starting time, restart
time, wattages available, cost. Installations: Choice of luminaire,
illuminance ratios, uniformity, regular arrays, lumen method,
discomfort glare, disability glare, reflected glare, vector/scalar
ratios.
Acoustics
Sound and noise analysis. Propagation of sound: Outside. Sound
reflection, diffraction and diffusion. Sound absorption. Sound
level and reverberation in rooms. Transmission and insulation:
Single partitions. Sound propagation in and out of buildings.
Cavity constructions. Flanking transmission. Impact noise insulation.
Acoustic design for speech and music: Sightline design, acoustic
faults. Outside and enclosed theatres. Concert hall design including
the traditional rectangular hall.
Thermal
Energy: Requirements for heating and cooling, assessments, targets,
efficiency. Spaces: Zones of discomfort, action of heat emitters,
co-ordination, safety. Ventilation: Natural, mechanical, systems,
mixing, distribution patterns. Materials: Choosing appropriate
characteristics for walls, ceilings, floors and roofs. Solar heating:
Windows, atria, sun spaces, active collection and storage. Heat
production: Electricity, oil, gas, centralised and distributed
boiler plant, emission control. Sick building syndrome: Causes,
avoidance. Air-conditioning: Essential psychrometrics, comfort
cooling, ventilation, full air-conditioning. All air systems:
High & low velocity, single duct, dual duct, variable air
volume/temperature. Air /chilled water: High and low velocity,
fan coil, induction, terminal reheat, chilled surfaces. Plant:
Central vs. distributed, space requirements, water chillers, cooling
towers, air-cooled condensers, air handling units, fresh air intakes,
exhausts.
ARCH0005: Building environmental engineering
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims:
To consider the strategy of design for the thermal environment.
Objectives:
To understand the analytical techniques available to investigate
the thermal responses of building fabric and the conditions within
the building. To provide the information needed to choose an appropriate
heating, ventilation or air conditioning system and estimate energy
consumption throughout the year.
Content: Passive control: Built form, thermal storage,
natural ventilation
Active systems: Heating and air conditioning systems, energy use,
automatic controls and energy measurement systems.
Themal modelling software.
ARCH0006: Civil engineering construction
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course covers the practical,
safety and organisational aspects of civil engineering construction
and is intended to present an overview of procedures in the industry.
Content: Early roads (Roman to Macadam) and Bridges (beams,
arches, trusses to steel and concrete).
Present organisation and procedure - DOT, Welsh Office, etc.
RCU's and County Councils - rules, codes, memoranda.
Road Alignment
horizontal curves, vertical curves, gradients, sight lines.
Pavement Design
rigid, flexible, vertical curves, gradients, sight lines.
Bridge Design
types of crossing, relationship to strata, factors affecting choice
of materials and construction, headroom, loading rules.
Cut and fill/embankments
factors affecting excavation and fill (costs, suitability of fill,
difficulties of excavation programme etc), calculations for cut
and fill, slopes of embankments, compaction.
Piers and caissons, box foundations
buoyancy rafts and basements, piers, open caissons, box caissons,
pneumatic caissons. Methods of construction.
Excavating below water table or in water
sheet cofferdams, diaphragms, underwater construction, well-pointing,
pumping.
Excavations in cohesive and non-cohesive soils
methods of excavation and shoring, means of determining forces
and bending moments in shoring systems.
Tunnelling in rock and in soft ground
types of machines, immersed tubes.
Safety and Health on construction sites, good practice and relationship
to law.
ARCH0007: Civil engineering hydraulics 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop the student's
knowledge and understanding of open channel flow beyond that covered
in Fluid Mechanics, and give the student a knowledge of civil
engineering structures in which that understanding is applied.
Content: Open channel flow: normal flow, critical flow,
Froude Number, surges, hydraulic jump, broad crested weir, narrowing
channel, gradually varied flow, backwater curve and surface profiles.
Hydraulic structures: dams, spillways, stilling basins, draw off
towers, constant velocity channel, settlement tanks, flow dividers.
ARCH0008: Civil engineering hydraulics 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give the students some
knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of water in situations
other than open-channel flow, in particular in groundwater flow
and coastal processes.
Content: Groundwater: wells, groundwater movement, groundwater
contamination, dispersion and diffusion.
Coastal Engineering:
Wave mechanisms: refraction and reflection, breaking waves theory;
tidal action (cause and effect), coastal erosion and protection;
long sea outfalls, dispersion, harbours. Modelling. Wave loading.
ARCH0009: Computer aided design 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course is intended
to introduce students to the use of CAD software in the construction
industry and to develop skills using AutoCAD for Windows. In addition
students will be given an introduction to the campus network and
to the sofware available on machines throughout the University.
By the end of the course student should be able to use AutoCAD
to construct 2D drawings and 3D models of their design projects.
Content: By the end of the course student should be able
to use AutoCAD to construct 2D drawings and 3D models of their
design projects. The course is taught through illustrated lectures,
tutorial exercises which students work through in their own time
and tutorial classes where they receive help in the CAD Studio.
ARCH0010: Computer aided design 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: The course will consist of introductory lectures
on advanced AutoCAD modelling techniques and optimising design
projects for use in 3DStudio. By the end of the course students
should be confident in the use of 3DStudio for assigning textured
materials with lighting and camera effects to produce rendered
stills or animations. The course will be taught through illustrated
lectures and tutorials in the CAD studio alongside small projects
worked through in the students own time. Submission can either
be in the form of rendered stills or a short animation.
ARCH0011: Conservation of historic buildings
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give the student sufficient
specialist knowledge and insight to enable participation in design
and appraisal of engineering work on historic buildings.
Objectives:
To familiarise the student with issues affecting the structural
conservation of historic buildings.
To teach the correct methodological approach.
To encourage an interest in historic and architectonic issues.
To encourage a flair for investigation supported by sound structural
knowledge.
Content: The mechanics of historic materails, and the assessment
of their properties in situ and in the laboratory.
The use of analytical tools in the interpretation of the structural
condition of existing buildings.
The methodology for the analysis of historic buildings:
- the collectin of data from different fields of analysis (history,
architectonic quality, visual inspection, survey and in situ testing,
crack pattern interpretation and structural analysis).
- interpretation of data to produce a final judgement on causes
of damage and present safety level, with examples
Choice and implementation of structural conservation techniques.
Level of alteration of existing structure, reversibility of new
work, homogeneity of old and new materials, with direct involvement
in project work.
Dedicated seminars will be used throughout the course, given by
representatives of English Heritage and engineering companies.
ARCH0012: Construction 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: Introduction to Construction teaching. What is
Construction?. Why study it?.
Introduction to Module.
Introduction to Concrete. What is concrete?. Composition.
Manufacture. Hydration. Cements and Aggregates.
Reinforcement. Properties.
History Of Concrete in Architecture. 1890-present .
European Development. American Development. Le Corbusier.
Frank Lloyd Wright. Nervi. Owen Williams. Felix Samuely.
Anthony Hunt. Calatrava.
Design Strategy.
Basic attributes Design for Building. Design of Elements.
Design for Construction
Cost/Value. Speed. Buildability. Flexibility. Quality.
Casting concrete.
Materials. Formwork. Reinforcement. Construction Joints.
Mixing. Handling; Curing. Surface Treatments.Structural Design
of Concrete Elements.
Sizing; Floor Reinforcement,. Compression. Prestressing.Slabs.
Beams. Columns.
Concrete Finishes and Detailing.Materials. Casting. Blocks; Panels.
Structural Elements.
In-situ Elernents. Weathering.
Pre-cast Concrete; Scope. Methods. Design. Joints/Fixings.
Advanced Concrete Technology. Special materials. Advanced Techniques.
Colouring and Finishes. Fast-build Techniques.
Architectural Case studies.
David Mellor. Vauxhall Cross.
Steel.
Introduction.
History of Iron and Steel . Cast and Wrought Iron; Early Steel.
Clear Span Building; Connections.
Steel Technology.
Nature of Steel . Fire Protection. Fabr i cat i on and Erect i
on.
Design and Analysis.
Advantages of Steel. Initial Design Approaches. Structural
Systems.
Non-Structural Uses of Steel.
Cladding. Finishes. stainless Steel. Staircases and
Balustrades.
Architectural Case Studies. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
Architectural case Studies. Lloyds of London.
Architectural Case Studies. La cite en Lumiere.
Architectural case Studies. Stansted Airport.
ARCH0013: Construction 3
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: Materials
Metals, glass, coatings and finishes, plastics and insulants.
Performance Criteria
Principles: joint and support design.
Systems
Structural gasket and panel, structural and silicone glazed, pressure
plate and components.
Case Studies
Hong Kong Bank, B3 + B8 Stockley Park etc.
Site Visit
Stockley Park, Taywood Engineering, Elemeta.
Design Project
Tutorial sessions related to the joint 3rd year design project.
ARCH0014: Construction & materials
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a basic understanding
of building construction and materials, sufficient to allow students
to integrate this knowledge into their design work.
Content: This course will take place within the studio,
and will be co-ordinated as much as possible with other studio
projects.
The basic human need for shelter.
Natural and man-made materials and textures.
Foundations: strip, raft, piled foundations.
Columns.
External walls in masonry and brick. Bonding, insulation, coursing,
dimensions, junctions.
Eaves, gables and ridges.
Flat roofs, parapets and eaves.
Wall openings. Windows and doors. Jambs, sills, heads, thresholds,
sizes and frames. Glazing.
Suspended timber floors. Concrete floors.
Stairs and ramps.
Internal walls and partitions. Junctions and finishes.
Glazed walls and roofs. Curtain walling.
Timber construction. The Segal method.
Cladding materials and techniques.
Detailed 3-dimensional studies of junctions.
ARCH0015: Design studio 1.1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students the basic
dawing and model making skills required in subsequent project
work. To provide an introduction to the design process.
Content: The conventions of architectural and engineering
drawing. Orthographic, planometric, isometric and oblique projections.
Freehand survey drawing. An introduction to perspective. Consideration
of spatial, structural, environmental and constructional issues
in the design of a small building.
ARCH0016: Design studio 1.2
Semester 2
Credits: 24
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To continue, through a
series of short structured projects, the exploration of fundamental
theoretical and historical themes in architecture begun with the
reading programme in Semester 1. The aim of these projects is
to provoke students to ask - and suggest some answers to - the
basic question, what is this activity called 'architecture' which
we propose to devote our careers to? In the process they will
also acquire and develop skills in design and communication.
Content: Four major project-programmes are undertaken,
each comprising four discrete projects which are separately criticized
and assessed. The first programme is a creative application of
the themes of the Semester 1 reading programme. The second is
devoted to materials, which the four projects explore at a technical,
environmental, ecological and emotive level. The third concentrates
on the spatial structure and historical evolution of the house,
taken as a paradigm for architecture in general (Alberti's house-city
analogy). The final project explores the perception of architecture
and the problems of communicating the architectural experience
through a number of examples.
ARCH0017: Design studio 2.1
Semester 1
Credits: 15
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Apart from the acquisition
of design skills listed in the unit contents, this unit gives
continuing experience of the design process, and in particular
prepares students for their first placement (Professional Placement
1)
Content: The design and detailing of an interior space
The achievement of quality in space
Materials and junctions between them
Development of presentation skills
Housing theory
Study of housing precedents through a visit to a British or European
city
Housing as an element of urban design
The enclosure, planning and detailing of external space
Site analysis
There will be a joint design project with students of engineering
in the year.
ARCH0018: Design studio 2.2
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Apart from the acquisition
of design skills listed in the unit contents, this unit gives
continuing experience of the design process, and in particular
prepares students for their first placement (Professional Placement
1)
Content: The design and detailing of an interior space
The achievement of quality in space
Materials and junctions between them
Development of presentation skills
Housing theory
Study of housing precedents through a visit to a British or European
city
Housing as an element of urban design
The enclosure, planning and detailing of external space
Site analysis
There will be a joint design project with students of engineering
in the year.
ARCH0019: Design studio 3.1
Semester 1
Credits: 15
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The third year studio syllabus
exploits the international profile of the year.
The studio furthers the individual student's capacity for independent
architectural thought and its application at all stages of the
design process.
The studio explores the relationship between culture, urban form
and architecture, allowing students from diverse cultural backgrounds
to share their understanding and experiences, as well as the coherent
presentation of ideas through suitable media, and on open group
discussion of these ideas.
The studio develops skills in working as individuals and as members
of a team.
Content: A series of design projects, including a joint
design project with students of engineering in the year.
ARCH0020: Design studio 3.2
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The third year studio syllabus
exploits the international profile of the year. The studio furthers
the individual student's capacity for independent architectural
thought and its application at all stages of the design process.
The studio explores the relationship between culture, urban form
and architecture, allowing students from diverse cultural backgrounds
to share their understanding and experiences, as well as the coherent
presentation of ideas through suitable media, and on open group
discussion of these ideas.The studio develops skills in working
as individuals and as members of a team.
Content: A series of design projects, including a joint
design project with students of engineering in the year.
ARCH0021: Design studio 4.1
Semester 1
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: Part of the year is spent in a joint project with
students of engineering, leading to the award of the Basil Spence
Prize for the best multidisciplinary teamwork.
In addition, students of architecture will undertake:
The development of design strategies for a significant public
space, related to -
The detailed design of a large building with high structural and
environmental demands, typically a performance space.
This design will be used, where possible, as a vehicle for assessment
for the technical modules in years 3/4.
ARCH0022: Design studio 4.2
Semester 2
Credits: 30
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: Part of the year is spent in a joint project with
students of engineering, leading to the award of the Basil Spence
Prize for the best multidisciplinary teamwork.In addition, students
of architecture will undertake:The development of design strategies
for a significant public space, related to - The detailed design
of a large building with high structural and environmental demands,
typically a performance space. This design will be used, where
possible, as a vehicle for assessment for the technical modules
in years 3/4.
ARCH0023: Dissertation
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: OR100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To assess the ability of
students for original and individual thought and application to
a substantial project/ programme of work.
Content: A substantial work of research presented as a
short thesis, normally entailing experimental and analytical or
numberical modelling and their practical application to a researched
topic.
This preliminary unit represents the background reading and planning
for the investigation.
Assessment will be together with Dissertation Completion, but
a formal presentation must be made by each student describing
the background, aims, and proposed methods of their dissertation,
which will carry 50% of the mark for this unit.
ARCH0024: Continuum mechanics 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give a brief introduction
to cuvilear co-ordinates and tensors which are useful for any
advanced work in continuum mechanics, the finite element method,
or shell theory.
To stimulate the students interest in physics and its relation
to some important areas of current engineering research.
Content: Revisio of Navier-Stokes equations and introduction
to Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Curvilinear co-ordinates, covariant and contravariant base vectors,
metric tensor. Tensor product. Tensors in cuvilenear co-ordinates.
Properties of symmetric second order tensors - principal values
and directinos, Mohr's circles in three dimensions. Definition
of stress and strain in curvilinear co-ordinates.
Christoffel symbols and covariant differentiation. Equilibrium
equations in curvilinear co-ordinates.
Constiutive equations in elasticity, plasticity and fluid mechanics
using curvilinear co-ordinates.
Geometry of surfaces, metric tensor, second fundamental form,
normal curvature and twist, mean and Gaussian curvature. Order
of covariant differentiation, Reimann-Christoffel tensor. Gauss's
theorem and the Codazzi equations.
Membrane equilibrium equations. Application to shell and tension
structures.
Discussion of ccurvilinear co-ordinates in 4-dimensional space-time,
the Bianci relations, the Ricci tensor, the Einstein tensor and
the General Theory of Relativity.
ARCH0025: Dissertation completion
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: DS100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: As for Dissertation.
Content: The main part of the dissertation work, following
on from the 'Dissertation' unit.
ARCH0026: Facade engineering construction
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give a knowledge and
understanding of the design and construction of building facades.
Objectives:
To give an understanding of the various structural and environmental
requirements of facades.
To give a knowledge of the various methods used in facade construction,
and of how they meet design requirements.
Content: Design principles
Windows, curtain walling, slope glazing, overcladding. Front sealed,
drained and ventilated and pressure equalised systems.
Materials
Glass, aluminium, steel, PVC.U, G.R.P., G.R.C., bricks, natural
stone, precast concrete, finishes, sealants, gaskets.
Performance criteria
Water penetration, air leakage, wind, thermal mass and insulation,
condensation, acoustics, building movement, thermal movement,
ventilation, fire, security, blast.
Specification and contracts
Nature of the industry, construction/manufacturing, specification,
contracts, installation.
Detailing
Joints, anchorages, stick systems, panellised systems, untied
systems, tolerances.
ARCH0027: Electrical engineering
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give the student a basic
knowledge of those aspects of electrical engineering most pertinent
to civil engineering and building design.
Content: Basic units, electromagnetic theory, AC generation,
phasor diagram, power factor, three phase supply, transformer
characteristics, AC machines, power electronics
ARCH0028: Environmental & public health engineering
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give the students a
knowledge of water supply, drainage and treatment.
Content: Sanitation: Appliances, materials and components;
sanitary incinerators and mascerators; sanitary provision. Discharge
pipe systems, terminal velocities, pressure variation in stacks.
Water supply: sources of water, purity, hardness, water consumption,
methods of treatment; corrosion, sludge, micro-organism control
in water and steam systems, supply networks; supply installations,
estimation of demand and sizing, simultaneous demand.
Drainage: foul and surface water drainage; materials and components;
sizing and design; ventilation; sewage lifting.
Sewage disposal and drainage: water cycle, rainfall, run off,
soakaways, sewerage systems, chemical and biological methods of
treatment, small plants; problems with various effluents, septic
tanks, disposal to rivers or sea outfalls.
Environmental risk assessment, pollution
ARCH0029: Environmental design
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: To improve students
confidence to use building environmental design as a major positive
factor in the design of buildings.
Objectives: To examine in some detail the objectives of design
using examples from practice. The course will use the joint design
project as a vehicle for the early lectures in the course.
Content: Lighting
Design: Designed appearance, enclosure, structure, rational use
of colour.
Combined lighting: Exploitation of natural light, control of electric
lighting.
Design criteria: Establishing criteria, isolation of variables,
effects of experimentation.
Display: Art galleries, museums, principles of design, conservation.
Nightime lighting: Security, floodlighting of buildings.
Green buildings: Integrated design.
Acoustics
Principles of internal room acoustic design.
Acoustic design of lecture and drama theatres.
Multi-purpose hall design.
Noise control in buildings.
Case histories of internal acoustic and noise control design.
Guidance for the final year joint design project.
Thermal
Choice between passive and active control of internal environment,
value engineering.
Implications on building design when incorporating major Building
services.
ARCH0030: Facade engineering
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To extend the knowledge
and understanding gained in Facade Engineering Construction by
examining the engineering issues involved in current developments
in Window and Cladding Technology.
Content: Brittle materials, anchorages and fixings
Engineering use of adhesives
Structural/ cladding interaction
Structural use of glass
Heat transfer, thermal capacity, component temperatures, shading,
moisture and condensation
Advanced glazing
Durability, weathering
ARCH0031: Fire & construction safety
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce the subject
of Fire Engineering and develop previous course material concerning
construction safety on site and in design considerations for the
future use of building structures.
Content: An introduction to fire engineering including
the nature of fire, the mechanism of combustion and the behaviour
of its products. The behaviour of people in fire is examined,
the interaction between fire, buildings and other enclosures and
the principles of escape and survival studies. The course goes
on to examine safety in the context of the construction site,
the industry and application of legislation and the development
of safety policies and management systems.
ARCH0032: Fluid mechanics
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students a knowledge
and understanding of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics.
Content: Applied hydrostatics - buoyancy, kinematic and
specific viscosity, settlement of particles.
Principles of fluid flow: conservation of mass (Laplace), energy
and momentum. Classification of flow, Hagen-Pouseuille formula,
Darcy's law, local head losses, water hammer and surge, flow in
pipes.
Similarity and physical models: Dimensional analysis, Froude number,
Mach number, Weber number, hydraulic models. Turbulent flow, Reynold's
number, flow in pipes, networks.
Hydraulic machines: Pelton wheel, radial flow turbine, Kaplan
turbine, centrifugal pump, axial flow pump, performance curves,
pump selection.
ARCH0033: Geology
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX90 CW10
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give a general knowledge
of geological processes appropriate to the needs of a civil engineer,
and to teach basic methods of interpretation of simple geological
maps
Content: Soil and rock description. Particle size classification.
Definitions of voids ratio, Moisture content, density, Atterberg
Limits with explanation of their relevance.
Plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Formation and characteristics of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary
rocks.
Intrepretation of simple geological maps, producing accurate cross-sections
for inclined and faulted strata, includingg unconformities, and
sketch cross-sections for folded strata. To be able to appreciate
the topography from the geology in common situations.
Processes of weathering, erosion and transportation. The formation
of sediments in different environments and key characteristics.
Intrepretation of simple geological maps, producing accurate cross-sections
for inclined and faulted strata, includingg unconformities, and
sketch cross-sections for folded strata. To be able to appreciate
the topography from the geology in common situations.
The Hydrological cycle and occurrence of ground water.
ARCH0034: Geotechnical engineering
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give an understanding
of the behaviour of piled foundations, and of the principles,
theory and methods used in their design and analysis.
Content: Earth Retaining Structures
Soil as fill.
Reinforced soil.
Piling : construction and design of single piles and pile groups.
Types of pile and appropriate analytical methods, related to site
investigation methods. Calculation of working loads and settlements.
ARCH0035: History & theory 1.2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of this course
is to introduce students of architecture to architectural literature,
and to enable them to read the literature effectively, and to
use it within their wider work.
Content: Following the structured reading that will have
taken place in the first semester, students will be invited to
implement what they have learned through special projects within
the design studio.
ARCH0036: History & theory 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of this course
is to enable students to use their basic knowledge of achitectural
history and theory to develop their own opinions, and to understand
the theoretical issues that confront us today. The course's title
is 'Architecture after Modernism'.
Content: Each week students will examine a text selected
from an established writer, starting chronologically with Robert
Venturi. The range of texts will provide students with a thorough
working knowledge of contemporary issues. Following presentation
of the selected texts by the students themselves, there will be
a structured discussion in which all students will be encouraged
to participate. Assessment will be through the presentation of
a script of each student's presentation.
Typical subjects areas covered will be:
Venturi; Urban Theorists; PostModerns in Britain; Urban Reconstruction;
Privatisation
ARCH0037: History & theory 3
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: The Italian Renaissance. Serlio. Vitruvius. Alberti.
Background through treatise tradition. Special focus on Serlio.
England. The Elizabethen Renaissance. Tradition of Renaissance
thinking into England. The Globe Theatre. Court iconography. Poetry.
The 'Triumphal Route' through London. The Stuart New Jerusalem
and Second Rome. Wren. The new St. Pauls.
Bath. The Woods. John Wood's texts as interpretation of Bath.
Prior Park as Example.
Chambers and Primative Hut. 18th Century and rational origins.
Lethaby. The Eagle Insurance Building, Birmingham. Lethaby's theoies.
ARCH0038: History & theory 4
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Designed to complement
the project work set in the studio, this course introduces a range
of analytical theories and formal research techniques associated
with the design of buildings and cities.
Content: The first six weeks will emphasise the development
of informed interpretations through studying the work of past
architects and styles of design. The second half of the course
will investigate architectural precedents within an urban context
and will provide a basis for introducing students to the nature
of the city, the complexity of its structure and the pressures
which alter its morphology.
[This is a new course, and will run for the first time in session
1997/8]
ARCH0039: History & theory 5
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introductory course
examining the effect of theoretical positions on design activity
and the kind of explanation which can be put forward for architectural
solutions.
Content: The area and nature of theories; boundary between
history and theory and between practice and theory.
Building types as equivalent of biological species; 18th and 19th
century French history.
Activity and space links in primative functionalism; the importance
of the brief.
Space and activity as unrelated phenomena; flexibility as a determinant;
the architecture of Mies van der Rohe.
Categories of space as in served and servant spaces; the architecture
of Louis Kahn.
Defined criteria and solutions for aspects of the environment;
Christopher Alexander's 'Pattern Language'.
Popper's hypothetico - deductive theory and its implications;
model selection and model shifts.
The library as a building type; development of the library plan.
The museum as a building type; analysis of characteristics.
Case studies of Louis Kahn and Carlo Scarpa.
ARCH0040: History of architecture & civil engineering
1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course aims to provide
a summary of key architectural movements from classical to modern
times, alongside an overview of the historical development of
civil engineering.
Content: A range of lecturers from within and outside the
School will give a series of discrete lectures in which the period,
movement or area of activity is examined via a detailed consideration
of an individual construction.
ARCH0041: History of architecture & civil engineering
2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course aims to provide
a summary of key architectural movements from classical to modern
times, alongside an overview of the historical development of
civil engineering.
Content: A range of lecturers from within and outside the
School will give a series of discrete lectures in which the period,
movement or area of activity is examined via a detailed consideration
of an individual construction.
ARCH0042: Industrial placement 1
Semester 2
Credits: 18
Level: Level 2
Assessment: RT100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To gain experience and
knowledge of civil engineering in practice, and to report on an
area of interest.
Content: Practical experience and first hand observation
of civil engineering and construction, preferably on a construction
site as an employee of a contractor, but possibly as an employee
of a consultant with visits to sites. The student is supported
in finding an employer, but the School cannot guarantee that every
student will be employed.
All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration
of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will normally
be visited at their place of work; otherwise, communication will
be maintained by other means.
Should a student fail to find a job, they would be expected to
carry out a relevent study in the area in which they live; their
supervisor will discuss this study with them, and give guidance
where required.
Students will be assessed for the award of the credits on the
basis of a report on one aspect of the work they have done.
ARCH0043: Industrial placement 2
Semester 2
Credits: 18
Level: Level 2
Assessment: RT100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To gain experience and
knowledge of civil engineering design in practice, and to report
on an area of interest.
Content: Practical experience and first hand observation
of civil engineering desgn, preferably in a consulting practice.
The student is supported in finding an employer, but the School
cannot guarantee that every student will be employed.
All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration
of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will normally
be visited at their place of work; otherwise, communication will
be maintained by other means.
Should a student fail to find a job, they would be expected to
carry out a relevant study in the area in which they live; their
supervisor will discuss this study with them, and give guidance
where required.
Students will be assessed for the award of the credits on the
basis of a report on one aspect of the work they have done.
ARCH0044: Industrial placement M2
Semester 1
Credits: 24
Level: Level 2
Assessment: RT100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To gain experience and
knowledge of civil engineering design in practice, and to report
on an area of interest.
Content: Practical experience and first hand observation
of civil engineering desgn, preferably in a consulting practice.
The student is supported in finding an employer, but the School
cannot guarantee that every student will be employed.
All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration
of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will normally
be visited at their place of work; otherwise, communication will
be maintained by other means.
Should a student fail to find a job, they would be expected to
carry out a relevant study in the area in which they live; their
supervisor will discuss this study with them, and give guidance
where required.
Students will be assessed for the award of the credits on the
basis of a report on one aspect of the work they have done.
ARCH0045: Industrial project IP1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give experience in solving
a real industrial problem under both industrial and academic supervision.
Content: Structural or Environmental Engineering Design
carried out in industry with academic links, following or during
the second industrial placement M2.
For students who are unable to gain an industrial placement the
project IP1 will be undertaken as a sponsored project on behalf
of one of the companies who would normally employ students. In
this case the project will be undertaken wholly at the University
(in labs or CAD labs) during the first part of term 2 and before
commencement of Semester 2.
ARCH0046: Industrial project IP2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give further experience
in solving a real industrial problem under both industrial and
academic supervision.
Content: Structural or Environmental Engineering Design
linked with industry sponsorship, following on from Industrial
Project IP1, but for all students based in the University under
closer academic supervision.
ARCH0047: Laboratory 1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: PR100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To consolidate material
covered in lecture-based units and demonstrations, and to introduce
good civil and environmental engineering laboratory and practical
techniques.
To develop skills in the writing up and analysis of practical
work.
Content: Laboratory experiments and exercises in geotechnical
engineering, structural engineering, fluid mechanics, acoustics
and lighting
ARCH0048: Laboratory 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: PR100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce more sophisticated
laboratory techniques including electronic instrumentation and
data logging, and to give experience of some of the methods and
apparatus referred to in lecture modules.
Content: Laboratory experiments and exercises in geotechnical
engineering, structural engineering, fluid mechanics, acoustics
and lighting
ARCH0049: Landscape
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: Understanding the Site:
An introduction to the principles of landscape assessment and
the basic methods of recording and analysing site specific landscape
and ecology information so that it can be used effectively in
the design process.
Landscape Design theory:
Including an outline understanding of landscape design history
from prehistory to today and an introduction to contemporary landscape
planning and design.
Ecology:
Introduction to the basic principles of ecology with an emphasis
on the planning and design of ecological landscapes.
Landscape and Buildings:
Providing a basic outline of how landscapes influence the design
of buildings including consideration of energy conservation, setting,
daylighting, access, external spaces, choice of materials and
colours, construction methods, orientation, views and long term
management.
Technical details:
An introduction to the basic principles of landscape detailing
to include consideration of paving, planting, boundaries and edges,
changes in level and water features.
ARCH0050: Lighting
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: Lighting for civil
engineering projects and overall building form.
Objectives: Introduction to external lighting which may be experienced
by practicing civil engineers. The calculation of sky factors
to enable rapid estimation of sky components in order to assess
the adequacy of window design.
Content: Applications: Streetlighting, Floodlighting,Tunnel
lighting, Sports lighting,
Light sources: Discharge light sources, luminaires.
Theory: Adaption time, apparent brightness, unit hemisphere, vector
summation method.
ARCH0051: Lightweight structures
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding
of the theory and practical design of lightweight wide-span structures,
particularly tensile membranes, cable networks, grid shells, air-supported
and pneumatic structures.
Content: Characteristics, behaviour and analytical methods
for funicular cable structures subject to uniform and non-uniform
loadings. Effects of elastic extensino, temperature effects, support
settlements and cable slip.
Matrix methods for geometric and material non-linear cable and
membrane structures. Incremental, Newton-Raphson and modified
N-R methods. Zero stiffness controls in the iteration process.
Implicit and explicit integration vector methods.
Dynamic Relaxation applied to shell, space and tension structures.
Form-finding controls.
Kinetic and viscous damping.
Behaviour and modelling of prestressed fabric membranes. Crimp
interchange and on-off non-linear material properties modelling.
Computer Aided Design packages for form-finding and analysis of
membrane, cable network, grid shell and pneumatic structures.
Wind load response and numerical and physical modelling.
Practical design aspects for steelwork, membrane and foundation
design, steelwork detailing and steelwork and membrane fabrication
patterning. Assembly and on-site construction procedures.
The course will entail design project studies embracing conceptual
and structural engineering dsign and detailing using both CAD
and physical modelling methods.
ARCH0052: Management 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introductory course
concerning the management of the construction industry and the
roles and responsibilities of the professions.
Content: Procurement of construction work tendering, design
and build, project management. Contractors and sub-contractors.
Organisation of construction sites - the roles of architect, engineer,
contractor, project manager.
The importance of construction sequence, time, critical paths.
The course is designed to develop the individual's concept of
employment, professional duties and the 'business of business'
by:
1. Ensuring an understanding of the various ways in which the
design team may be structured.
2. Demonstrating the role and differing levels of the professional's
responsibility within each structure.
3. Generating an understanding of sole trader, partnership and
corporate entities.
4. Examining the laws governing employment.
5. Discussing personal promotion in terms of the use of technology,
e.g. the use of computer technology for the presentation of c.v.'s
and the like.
ARCH0053: Management 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: These courses are designed
to ensure an understanding of the Architect's authority under
the terms of the standard forms of contract and the effect that
the exercising of that authority may have on the client in terms
of time and money.
Content: The course will further examine the Architect's
responsibility and liability, in law, for the adverse effects
of decisions and actions that may ultimately be proven to have
been made wrongfully. This course will further generate an appreciation
of due legal process.
ARCH0054: Management 2C
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give a general knowledge
of legal and contract obligations in the construction industry.
Content: Law and contract
- Introduction to English law and legal system
- Law of contract
- Law of torts
- Construction contracts
ARCH0055: Management 3C
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students a knowledge
of the economics of the construction industry.
Content: Project economics and finance
circular flow of income, multiplier, accelerator, construction
in the economy
construction as an investment, investment appraisal
construction work allocation, tendering
introduction to economics of building, productivity, buildability
valuing construction work, forecasting, cash flows
demand for construction, financial institutions, etc
new building, refurbishment, urban regeneration, etc
ARCH0056: Management 4C
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students a working
knowledge of project and business management in the construction
industry.
Content: Project Management
anatomy of a project
project boundaries
multi-project planning- managing the project team
managing the project tools
Business management in construction
corporate policy, objectives, strate-gies, tactics, communications
human factors; networks, leadership, group theory, power and influence
ARCH0057: Materials science 1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop a lively interest
in the available range of building materials, founded on an understanding
of their microstructure and properties and their practical advantages
and limits
Content: Building materials. Resources, usage and cost..
Mechanical properties; stress, strain, strength stiffness, strain
energy, toughness.
Bonding and Packing of Atoms
The periodic table. Primary (ionic, covalent, and metallic) and
secondary (dipolar) bonding.
Packing of equal and unequal size atoms.
Imperfections in crystals. Point and line defects, grain boundaries.
Metals and Alloys
Iron and steel; phase diagram for Fe-C system, Heat treatment
of steels. Alloy steels. Other metals.
Glass, Ceramics and Concrete
Glass structure, composition. and properties. Volume-temperature
relationships. Traditional and engineering ceramics. Sheet silicates.
Clay bodies. Manufacture of cement. Special cements. Setting and
strength of concrete. Stone as a building material.
Polymeric Material and Wood
Polymerisation. Amorphous and crystalline polymers. Thermosets
and thermoplastics. Structure and deformation of the wood cell.
Properties of timber and its products.
ARCH0058: Materials science 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course develops from
the introductory ideas of structure of materials presented in
the first year and uses those ideas to show how the basic mechanics
and physical properties of constructional materials are determined
by their molecular and crystaline nature. The course forms a basis
for the further development of an understanding of design aspects
of materials at the macroscopic rather than the atomic level.
The course identifies a number of aspects of the behaviour of
building materials of specific importance to the engineer, with
emphasis being on problems of design and selection of materials
for given service conditions.
Content: 1. Classification of engineering materials according
to type and properties.
2. Elastic behaviour, linear and non-linear. The elastic moduli,
anisotropy; elastic properties of crystals and poly-crystals;
composite materials, rubber elasticity.
3. Viscoelastic behaviour and time dependent effects.
4. Strength of engineering materials. Theoretical and actual strengths
of solids; improving the strength of real materials. Problems
of designing with brittle materials.
5. Longer term effects. Fatigue and creep (introductory).
6. Durability of metals and plastics. Corrosion and environmental
attack (introductory).
Engineering design
The process of engineering design in relation to materials evaluation
and selection; relevance of measured properties to service conditions.
Short-term mechanical effects
Time-dependent behaviour of metals , plastics, concrete, timber;
creep and fatigue; combined effects of fatigue and corrosion.
Long term chemical behaviour
Durability and ageing; changes in material properties in service
conditions. Corrosion and protection of metals and alloys; environmental
degredation of plastics; chemical degredation of concrete - sulphate
attack, conversion of HAC etc.; biodeterioration of timber and
protection methods; flammability and fire damage to building materials.
Long term stability of adhesives and adhesive bonds.
ARCH0059: Mathematics 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a general mathematical
basis for the development of engineering subjects at first year
level of the civil engineering courses.
Content: Elementary functions
Exponential and logarthmic functions, hyperbolic functions and
inverses in logarithmic form, inverse circular functions.
Differentiation and its applications
Maximum and minimum values, inflection points, tangents, normals,
curvature, solution of non-linear equations using Newton's method,
limits.
Integration and its applications
General revision of techniques, by parts, use of partial fractions,
substitution, length of curves, areas and volumes, first and second
moments, centre of gravity, parallel and perpendicular axes theorem.
ARCH0060: Mathematics 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a general mathematical
basis for the development of engineering subjects at first year
level of the civil engineering courses.
Content: Infinite series
Maclaurin and Taylor's series, binomial expansion, ideas of convergence,
geometrical series, comparison, ratio and integral tests, l' Hôpital's
rule.
Complex numbers
Complex plane, Cartesian, polar and exponential forms, algebra
of complex numbers, de Moivre's theorem multiple roots, complex
logarithm.
Statistics
Basic descriptive statistics, his-tograms, stem-and-leaf plots,
cumulative frequency, measure of location and dispersion, mean,
mode and median, upper and lower quartiles, variance and standard
deviation. Concept of probability, exclusivity, dependence and
independence of events, conditional probability. Binomial and
Poisson distributions.
ARCH0061: Mathematics 3 & computing
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a general mathematical
basis for the development of engineering subjects at second year
level of the civil engineering courses.
Content: Differential equations
Simple first order using separation of variables and integrating
factor. Linear equations with constant coefficients using trial
method for particular integral. Simultaneous equations. Application
of differential equations to mechanical systems and structural
problems. Numerical solution of first order equations.
Functions of several variables
Partial differentiation. Small errors. Taylor's theorem. Maxima
and minima. Method of least squares. Regression.
Determinants and matrices
Properties of determinants. Matrix algebra. Solution of simultaneous
equations using the matrix inverse. Cramer's rule and Gauss elimination.
Consistency.
An introduction to the principles and techniques of computer programming
using C++.
ARCH0062: Mathematics 4
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a general mathematical
basis for the development of engineering subjects at third year
level of the civil engineering courses.
Content: Fourier series
Full and half-range series. Odd and even functions, odd harmonics.
Laplace Transforms
Basic theory for simple functions, derivatives and integrals,
step and impulse functions. Solution of differential equations.
Periodic functions. Convolution integral.
Elementary vector analysis
Basic definitions and algebra. Scalar and vector products. Equations
of lines and planes. Geometrical interpretations, orientation
of planes, volumes of solids.
Partial Differential Equations
Separation of variables, Laplace's equation, diffusion and wave
equations.
Numerical analysis
Solution of non-linear equations, zeros of polynomials, both real
and com-plex. Finite differences, interpolation using Lagrange
and Newton difference formulae. Error estimation, splines, Chebychev
polynomials.
Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. Euler,
improved Euler, Runge-Kutta methods. Accuracy and stability. Initial
and boundary value problems.
ARCH0063: Numerical modelling
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide practice in
the computational formulation and solution of engineering problems;
principally related to structures but including field problems
such as seepage and fluid flow.
Content: The theoretical basis for computer packages used
or demonstrated will be studied and students will develop their
own (simplified) computer programs or routines for the numerical
methods employed. These will cover step-by-step integration methods
for the modelling of structural dynamics, heat transfer and potential
flow problems. Individual projects will be undertaken to cover
one of these areas and will be presented in seminar groups covering
all aspects.
ARCH0064: Professional placement 1
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: The thin sandwich system at Bath offers students
of architecture the opportunity to experience a range of employment
in architectural practices, or on other activities that are related
to the academic and professional nature of the course.The Department
will support all students in their search for placements, and
will in particular offer guidance in the preparation of applications.
However, employment is not guaranteed, and students who are not
successful will be encouraged to pursue activities that will form
a useful contribution to their development.
Students will be assessed for the award of the cedits attached
to this unit on the basis of a written report on the work they
have done.
ARCH0065: Professional placement 2 (Bath)
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
Content: The thin sandwich system at Bath offers students
of architecture the opportunity to experience a range of employment
in architectural practices, or on other activities that are related
to the academic and professional nature of the course.The Department
will support all students in their search for placements, and
will in particular offer guidance in the preparation of applications.
However, employment is not guaranteed, and students who are not
successful will be encouraged to pursue activities that will form
a useful contribution to their development.
Students will be assessed for the award of the cedits attached
to this unit on the basis of a written report on the work they
have done.
ARCH0067: Project C2/SE2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
the art of resolving apparently conflicting architectural and
engineering requirements in the context of a simple building.
Content: Structural and Environmental Engineering Design
linked with architecture and engineering studio
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevent examples.
Suitable buildings might include a woodworking shop used for training,
a small exhibition space, or a visitor centre with spans typically
up to 10m. Structural issues should cover the overall conceptual
design, choice of apprpriate materials, sizing of members and
connection details, and simple foundation design. Environmental
issues should concentrate on light, sound and energy control.
The proportion of time spent on common group working with the
architectural students is about 25% (at the early stages of the
project).
ARCH0068: Project C3/SE3
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop skills in integration
of engineering and architectural objectives to produce creative
and competent designs.
Content: Structural and Environmental Engineering Design
linked with architectures studio.
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevent examples.
Suitable buildings might include a community centre, an electronics
factory with spans typically up 15m. Structural issues should
include the integration of architectural and environmental aspects
in the complete conceptual design, the design to codes of practice
of all principal members, connection details and construction
aspects, and the design of foundations. Environmental issues should
include optimal use of daylight, solar heating, natural ventilation,
noise from surroundings.
The proportion of time spent on group working with the architectural
students is up to 50% (in the first half of the project development).
ARCH0069: Project C4
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students experience
in developing a complex scheme working in teams with architecture
students.
Content: Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevent
examples.
The building type will have more complex planning problems and
potential for elegance to suit the needs of the architects. There
should be environmental conditions to consider, ie air conditioning/
natural ventilation to compare, and lighting and acoustic problems.
Types of building which are suitable include autitoria based (theatre,
opera house, concert hall - all have potential for interesting
structures, eg cable, domes, frameworks etc), museum (differing
types from art galleries to 'Exploratory' type, and libraries,
requiring exclusion of noise and good lighting ), industrial (eg
brewery, with the process providing a problem), or sports complex.
All have air conditioning / natural ventilation, potential for
interest visually as well as in services and structure, and heavy
foundation loads.
The project will be tutored both by academic staff and industrial
visiting tutors.
ARCH0070: Project C5/M5
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
the wider urban issues and how they affect structural, environmental
and architectural design, and give them some experience of resolving
those issues.
Content: Joint design work with BArch students involving
consideration of civil, structural and environmental engineering
design issues in a broad urban context. Normally a real current
development project will be used for this brief, and the project
will involve the full structural, geotechnical and environmental
design for a particular building or small complex of buildings
within the development.
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevent examples, and
the work is tutored by visiting architects and engineers.
ARCH0071: Project CS4
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop further the
project designed in Project C4
Content: The development and structural engineering design
of particular aspects of project C4 to professional levels of
competence.
This more detailed design development is carried out by students
individually and will usually also give rise to a substantial
revision of the conceptual design. Alternatively, entirely new
aspects are developed; the itention in either case is to assess
ingenuity and engineering design competence.
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevent examples. The
project is tutored by both academic and industrial visiting tutors.
ARCH0072: Project M1
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give experience in considering
both structural and environmental engineering issues in the context
of a simple building, with particular emphasis on those areas
covered in the co-requisite units.
Content: Application of structural and environmental engineering
design in a simple building
ARCH0073: Project M2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Integrated design of a
building which can be handled in a simple way architecturally
but which gives rise to realistic problems of integration of structure,
environmental and services requirements.
Content: Structural and Environmental Engineering Design,
with particular emphasis on problems of integration.
ARCH0074: Project SE1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give first experience
of engineering design; to enable the techniques learnt in the
taught courses to be applied in context.
Content: Structural Engineering Design. A typical project
will involve the examination of a simple built structure, the
assessment of its loadings and structural performance, and a proposed
alternative design. Survey and assessment work will be carried
out by groups (of typically three students). Alternative designs
will be developed individually.
ARCH0076: Soil mechanics 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding
of the behaviour of soil, and the factors that influence that
behaviour.
Content: Seepage, Darcy's law of permeability, definitions
of effective stresses and pore water pressure. Introductory flow
net, principles.
Non-linear stress-strain character of soils, consolidation of
natural deposits, normally consolidated and over-consolidated
materials.
The critical state model, isotopic and one-dimensional consolidation,
drained and undrained soil behaviour.
ARCH0077: Soil mechanics 2
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX75 CW25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To gain a knowledge of
the way in which the understanding developed in Soil Mechanics
1 can be applied to the design of foundations and soil structures,
and how the necessary information is obtained in practice.
Content: The shear strength of soils and applications to
retaining wall design, slope stability.
Site investigation and laboratory testing.
Slope stability analysis.
Foundation design - stress distributions, bearing capacity and
settlement calculation, related to site investigation techniques.
ARCH0078: Thermodynamics 1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: An introducttion to the
First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and their implications
for the use of energy in buildings.
Content: Definitions, 1st law of thermodynamics for closed
systems, thermodynamic properties of the perfect gas, relationship
between internal energy and specific heat at constant volume.
Work transfer in closed systems for constant volume, constant
pressure, hyperbolic and polytropic processes; adiabatic reversible
process for perfect gas.
1st law of thermodynamics for open systems and the Steady Flow
Energy Equation; enthalpy and entropy changes for a perfect gas;
relationship between enthalpy and specific heat at constant pressure.
Applications of the SFEE to power and refrigeration plant.
Introduction to entropy, isentropic efficiency, entropy as a measure
of irreversibility, entropy changes in a perfect gas.
Property relationships for pure substances, two property rule,
phase diagram. T-s, p-h and h-s diagrams. Applications to simple
power, refrigeration and heat pump cycles.
2nd law of thermodynamics, Entropy and Clausius inequality, Carnot
cycle; corollaries to the 2nd law, absolute temperature scale
and thermodynamic efficiency.
Mixtures of gases and vapours , introduction to psychrometrics
and condensation.
ARCH0079: Structures 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To make students aware
of the role played by structure in the design and building process.
To introduce the concepts of statics and load carrying mechanisms,
sufficient for an elementary appraisal of structures.
To familiarise students with different types of structural materials
and assemblies.
Content: Enclosure of space, spatial forms and structures.
Functional and environmental loads on structures; real and design
loads, and the concepts of structural safety.
Stable structures and structural mechanisms.
Newton's laws, free body diagrams, triangles of forces and reciprocal
figures.
Static equilibrium and free body diagrams.
The concepts of forces and moments in structural members.
Equilibrium of loads, forces and moments in simple structures;
external and internal constraints.
Traditional building materials, their characteristics, and concepts
of structural connections. Reinforced Concrete, masonry, timber
and steel.
Introduction to load carrying action of trusses, beams, arches,
cables and columns.
The concepts of stress, section sizes and shapes.
Pin-jointed trusses: resolving at joints and method of sections;
physical behaviour and structural form and efficiency.
Direct stresses and strains; Young's Modulus.
Direct determination of deflections in simple trusses.
Beams and free body diagrams, bending moments and shear forces.
Bending stresses in beams, section shape and structural efficiency;
web action and the concept of shear stresses.
Overall efficiency of beams and simple bridges.
Combined bending and axial loading in short columns; the middle
third; wall construction; slender columns and stability concepts.
Hanging chains and funicular shapes; simple suspension systems.
Voussoir arches and masonry domes.
Three pin arches and portal frames.
The above topics concentrate on a broad overview of structural
concepts and will be supported by laboratory demonstrations, tutorial
classes and case studies emphasising the relation between structural
and architectural concepts, structural safety and examples of
structural failures.
ARCH0080: Structures 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an analytical
understanding of the statics and mechanics of statically determinate
structures and structural mechanisms.
To introduce students to the internal action of structures, stresses
and strains, and the comparative action of statically determinate
and indeterminate structures.
To consider in greater detail the range of structures examined
conceptually in Structures 1.
To develop a physical and analytical understanding of stresses
and strains in two (and three) dimensions, and of the three-dimensional
action of structures and components.
Content: The action of statically determinate and indeterminate
structures; concepts of redundancy and redistribution of forces;
construction tolerances, temperature effects and settlements.
Bending moment and shear force diagrams for beams; comparison
of statically determinate and continuous beams.
Bending and shearing stresses in beams; concept of principal stresses,
stress trajectories and analolgies with truss action; structural
form efficiency.
Centroid, neutral axis, section modulus and beam sectional shape
efficiency.
Analysis of suspension systems subject to uniform and non-uniform
loading; funicular polygons.
Analysis of three-pin arches and portals; consideration of thrust
lines; comparison with two-pin and fixed systems.
Voussoir arches, thrust lines, and their mechanism of collapse.
Deflected forms and bending moments in portal and framed structures;
weak beam/ strong column and strong beam solutions (physical action
and approximate analysis).
Young''s moodulus and Poisson''s ratio; shear modulus; elastic
and plastic behaviour; brittle failure and fatigue.
Internal stress equilibrium; Mohr''s circle for stresses and strains;
principal stresses and strains.
Failure and safety criteria for common structural materials.
Theory of bending of beams; moment/curvature relations and analysis
of deflections.
Shear stresses and shear flow in beams; fabricated and composite
beams; welds and shear connectors.
Bending of asymmetric sections.
Torsion of thin-walled closed sections.
Shear centre; torsion of thin-walled open sections; warping constraints
in torsion.
Stresses due to combined bi-axial bending, torsion and axial loading
in structural members.
Euler buckling load for columns; differing end constraints; imperfections,
eccentric loading and initial curvatures.
Plastic moment and reduced plastic moment; concepts of plastic
failure mechanisms.
Plastic analysis of continuous beams, portals and pitched portal
frames; failure mechanisms and instantaneous centres.
Approximate elastic analysis and plastic analysis of vierendeel
girders and multi-storey frames.
ARCH0081: Structures 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To consider the historical
development of various classes of structures and their form efficiency.
To consider in more detail bridging and vaulting systems through
the examination of works by acclaimed engineers.
Content: The historical development and action of various
classes of structural forms: suspension chains, cable structures
and prestressed mechanisms; funicular vaults, gothic cathedrals
and flying buttresses; beams, arches and shells; trusses, girders
and space frames; the historical development of high-rise buildings.
The bridges of Telford, Brunel, Eiffel, Maillert, Leonhardt and
Calatrava.
The Forth Bridge, Saltash Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge
Conceptual thinking in two and three dimensions.
Gothic cathedrals, fan vaulting and modelling.
The structures of Nervi, Candella and Torroja.
Structure in nature.
Funicular forms, Frei Otto and Antonio Gaudi.
The concept of ideal structural form, Maxwell and Mitchell.
The constraints of real construction.
ARCH0082: Structures 3
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop analytical and
conceptual understanding of structural action through the use
of compatability methods (virtual work and flexibility analysis).
To develop an appreciation of the importance of construction tolerances
and foundation settlements.
To introduce students to the concepts of limit state design and
its practical application for various structural materials.
To develop ability in structural analysis using erquilibrium methods.
Content: Virtual work and the Unit Load method for calculating
deflections.
Maxwell's reciprocal theorem and influence lines.
Flexibility Analysis of statically indeterminate truss and frame
structures.
Lack of fit, support settlements and temperature effects.
Limit state design of structures (and contrast with permissible
stress approach).
Reinforced concrete: design of beams and columns to BS 8110. Axial
load, bending, shear and bond.
Prestressed concrete: introduction to the design of statically
determinate beams.
Structural steel: simple beam and column sizing to BS 5950. Principles
of connection design using bolts, high strength friction grip
bolts and welds.
Masonry: introduction to the principles of the design of masonry
to BS 5628.
Structural timber (permissible stress approach): beam, tie and
strut sizing to BS 5268. Principles of connection design.
Virtual work extended to beams subject to bending, shear and torsion.
Torsional and shear deflection of beams.
Derivation of slope deflection relations.
Application of the slope/deflection method to continuous beams,
pitched portals and sway frames.
ARCH0083: Structures 4
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Development of matrix methods
of analysis and computer techniques for structural analysis.
To advance the student's knowledge and ability in the plastic
analysis of structures, including multibay frames and the yield
line analysis of slabs.
Content: Derivation of moment distribution / relaxation
concepts.
Application of the moment distribution method to frame structures.
Matrix Methods: stiffness analysis of pin-jointed space trusses
and rigidly jointed frames.
Organisation of stiffness method for computation.
Introduction to finite element method.
Finite element method: Shape functions. Application of virtual
work and the Rayleigh-Ritz method to the derivation of stiffness
and load matrices. Compatibility requirements between elements.
Plane stress, plane strain and three dimensional elements. Simple
plate bending elements.
Finite element analysis of complete structures; compatibility
of in-plane and bending displacements.
Application of Finite Element Computer Package to analysis of
frame and slab structures.
Plastic analysis of frames: Upper and lower bound solutions. Instantaneous
centres, combined mechanisms for multibay and multistorey frames.
Plastic analysis of slabs and yield line theory: equilibrium and
energy methods, isotropic and orthotropic slabs, skew reinforcement.
Iterative methods, "Affine" methods.
ARCH0084: Structures 5
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop the understanding
and application of design procedures for various materials (particularly
steel and concrete) related to professional codes of practice.
To cover the effects of vibrations and issues affecting the stability
of structures.
Content: Reinforced concrete: beams - T & L beams,
doubly reinforced beams, crack widths. Slabs - two way span slabs,
flat slabs, strip theory. Columns - combined compression and bending,
compression and tension control, derivation of design graphs,
moment increase due to slenderness.
Prestressed concrete: derivation of losses, elastic and ultimate
analysis. Introduction to shear and end blocks.
Structural steel: lateral torsional buckling. Local buckling of
webs, web stiffeners. Combined shear and bending. Column design.
Plastic sizing of elements.
Structural timber: properties of timber, strength of joints, slenderness,
notching, combined stresses, glued laminated members.
Masonry: strengths and partial safety factors, stress block, slenderness,
arching. Wind loading, tensile stresses, precompression. Tables
of panel moments.
Composites.
Vibrations
Single degree of freedom systems: free vibrations, response to
step load, sinusoidal load and seismic and inertial excitation.
Dynamic loads: random loads. Earthquakes, rigid model and aeroelastic
model wind tunnel tests.
Natural frequencies and mode shapes or buckling loads and mode
shapes with a variety of end conditions. Orthogonality conditions.
Damping and response to loads including moving loads.
Multi degree of freedom systems: lateral vibrations of beams under
constant axial load.
Discussion of post buckled stability via single degree of freedom
models. Interaction of buckling and plasticity; lateral torsional
buckling of beams.
Modal analysis for vibrations and buckling of structures; eigenvalues,
eigenvectors and othogonality conditions.
Damping and geometric stiffness.
ARCH0085: Structures 6
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To extend previously introduced
structural theory and analysis to an appropriate level for a broad
coverage of finite element methods.
To develop the understanding and application of finite element
methods to a range of structural systems.
To extend understanding of, and the ability to design, prestressed
concrete structures.
Content: Numerical methods: revision of matrix methods
of analysis as applied to pin jointed trusses, rigidly jointed
frames, and finite element modelling of continuum structures.
Isoparametric elements, plate and shell elements.
Classical plate theory.
Plate buckling and buckling of thin-walled box-beams.
Non-linear behaviour of structures, geometric and material non-linearity;
Newton-Raphson and incremental solution methods. Computer finite
element modelling of non-linear problems.
Prestressed concrete: slip losses in prestressed tendons; ultimate
conditions in prestressed beams; principal stresses in prestressed
beams; composite anchorage, bursting effects. Continuous prestressed
concrete members, cable effects, concordant cable line, transformed
cable line, effects on support reactions.
ARCH0086: Thermodynamics 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Introduction to thermal
processes.
Content: Psychrometrics: analysis of air conditioning processes.
Vapour power cycles: steam turbine cycles , power cycles and CHP.
Refrigeration and heat pump systems; multistage vapour compression
cycles, refrigerant properties. Absorption refrigeration: analysis
of LiBr systems; comparison with NH3 systems.
Compressors: compressor types and applications, analysis and characteristics
of compressors, compressors for air conditioning.
Fuels and combustion: introduction to fuel types, classification
and properties; combustion processes, combustion equations, stoichiometric
analysis, combustion efficiency.
ARCH0087: Surveying 1
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give students the knowledge
and skills required to carry out an engineering survey of a small
site.
Content: Object and application of surveys - basic functions
of survey instruments - survey planning - assessment of accuracy.
Measurements of distance - direct tape measurements - cumulative
errors in chainage measurements and corrections applied. Principles
of electronic methods of distance measurement.
Measurement of level - types of levels - levelling procedures
and methods of booking - errors - reciprocal levelling - recording
and plotting levels.
Measurement of angles - principles and operations of the theodolite
- scope of use - instrument errors and adjustments. Usage of theodolite
and computation for tacheometry, traverse surveys, triangulation.
After a series of initial practice periods with survey instruments
the course concludes with a survey project consisting of the measurment
of a closed traverse around a land plot and its detailed mapping.
ARCH0088: Surveying 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: PR60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To extend the student's
knowledge of surveying by giving them an understanding of how
terrerial and aerial photogrammetry can be used in support of
engineering projects.
Content: Photogrammetry
Definition, history, uses and application of photogrammetry.
Photographic measurements, coordinate systems, scale and relief
displacement.
Stereoscopic viewing, depth perception, the human eye, principle
of parallax.
Terrestrial photogrammetry.
Geometry of photo pairs, intersection procedures for computation
of coordinates for parallel and angled camera sights.
Planning air photography, flight map, required photo scale, end
and side flap.
Surveying accuracy / errors
Differences between random and systematic errors, observations
not equally precise, assessment of accu-racy.
Sources of Errors in photogrammetry and plain survey work.
Assessment of acceptable tolerances in construction and building.
Laboratory / practical work
Measurement of point coordinates on Terrestrial photographs.
Practical Terrestrial camera exercise for comparative appraisal
of method's accuracy.
Air photo studies, stereoscopic methods of parallax measurement,
elevations by parallax differences.
Review of photogrammetric equipment, camera requirements, comparators.
ARCH0089: Thermofluids
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The movement of energy
and fluids in buildings.
Content: Dimensionless analysis and similarity : Introduction
to the principles of dimensionless analysis; determination of
dimensionless groups; use of dimensionless groups in experimental
investigation.
Turbo-machinery Performance characteristics of rotodynamic machines;
centrifugal, axial and mixed flow pumps and fans; use of specific
speed for pump selection; simple applications of network machine
systems. Euler one dimensional theory for axial and centrifugal
turbomachines.
Introduction to heat transfer :General conduction equation, 2-D
steady state solutions; 1-D unsteady state, lumped parameter approach,
Biot and Fourier numbers.
Convection : Velocity and temperature boundary layers, calculation
of convection coefficients, use of dimensionless parameters in
heat transfer, analogies between momentum and heat transfer; dimensionless
correlations in forced and natural convection.
Radiation : Laws of radiant heat transfer, radiation properties
of real materials, geometric factors. Radiation networks in buildings.
Extended surfaces : Analysis of heat transfer from fins, overall
U-value for extended surfaces.
Heat exchangers : Analysis of parallel and counterflow exchangers,
log mean temperature difference and Transfer Unit approaches,
fouling factors. Heat recovery devices used in buildings
ARCH0093: Urban studies dissertation (Bath)
Semester 1
Credits: 9
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aims of this course
are twofold: firstly, to introduce students to issues of urban
design, to the ideas and ideals which have shaped cities in Europe
and America. Secondly, to introduce students to the methodology
of academic writing.
Content: The course will be taught through one introductory
lecture covering the 20th century literature on city development,
and through subsequent supervisions agreed between the students
and their tutors. The students will be required to select a region
or 'neighbourhood' of a city in Europe or America and to discuss
the changes to the structure of that city region over the last
50 years (ie post war), emphasising the shifting relationship
between monuments and fabric, between nature and built form, emphasising
wherever possible the competing 'visions' of the city which have
shaped the chosen area in the second half of the 20th century.
ARCH0095: Wind & earthquake engineering
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Undergraduate Masters
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To enable understanding
of the use of power spectra analysis in the design of structures
(e.g., how do you plan wind tunnel tests to give the information
necessary to predict the rms acceleration of a building caused
by the peak ten minutes of a storm with a return period of five
yers?).
Content: The nature of wind, flow around angular, curved
and streamlined bodies. Vorticity and turbulence. The effect of
terrain. Introduction to the statistics of extremes, return periods,
gusts, etc.. Introduction to codes and standards. Wind tunnel
testing. Comfort criteria limiting sway of tall buildings.
Introduction to aero-elasticity, flutter, galloping and divergence.
Aero elastic wind tunnel tests.
The causes of eartquakes, prediction of ground movements. Effects
of earthquakes on buildings and other structures. Introduction
to codes and standards. Rules for the design of earthquake resistant
buildings and structures.
Description of wind and earthquake loads using power spectra.
'Reconstitution' of load from power spectrum. Fourier tansform,
auto-correlation and cross-correlation.
Use of modal analysis to predict the root mean square building
acceleration from power spectrum of load.
The use of tuned mass dampers to reduce the motion of tall buildings.
ARCH0096: Socrates exchange (BArch)
Semester 1
Credits: 24
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: SOCRATES Exchange
This exhange programme with 12 other European Schools of Architecture
provides students with an opportunity to study abroad from October
to December. As the usual exchange period for Bath students occurs
in year 3 of the BSc in General Architectural Studies, it is usual
for incoming students to the BArch course from other UK institutions
to take advantage of SOCRATES at this time. Students on the programme
learn from first-hand experience about the architectural values
of another European country, by travelling within the country,
and perfecting their knowledge of its language.
The unit is undertaken prior to commencement of units based at
the University.
Content: The content of the SOCRATES Exchange is tailored
to the requirements of the individual student in collaboration
of the host institution in which the student is placed. SOCRATES
Exchange students complete project work which is assessed by the
host institution and marks and a report are sent to Bath where
an exhibition of work undertaken is exhibited prior to the commencement
of Design Studio 5.1 (ARCH0098).
ARCH0097: Placement BArch
Semester 1
Credits: 24
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Graduation in the BSc in
General Architectural Studies takes place in March of the year
preceding the commencement of the BArch course. The RIBA require
architecture students to work in an architectural practice for
a minimum of 5 months on completing a first degree in architecture
and before commencing the BArch course (or its equivalent leading
to Part 2 exemption of the RIBA examinations), though a period
of 10 months is the normal period worked by most graduates at
this level. Aims and objectives are stipulated as part of an RIBA
Practice Logbook to be completed by the student and his/her employer.
The unit is undertaken prior to commencement of units based at
the University.
Content: The content of the Placement is tailored to the
requirements of the individual student in collaboration of the
host office in which the student is placed, and in line with the
check-list of activities compiled by the RIBA. Placement students
are visited in their work-place by the RIBA Professional Practice
Officer at Bath, who also scrutinises and counter-signs the RIBA
Practice Logbook completed by the student.
ARCH0098: Design studio 5.1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The exploration of architecture
within an a UK urban context explored through Architectural Design.
The course builds on knowledge acquired during the first degree
in architecture, with an emphasis on architectural design and
planning in an urban context.
Content: Field trip lasting not less than three days to
study a UK town or city. Collection in groups of visual, historical,
social and cultural information relating to its urban development.
Presentation in groups through drawings, photographs and models
of the past and present character and future potential of the
area. Written documentation as necessary supportive of visual
and verbal presentations.
Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural,
Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants,
and visiting design critics will be invited at appropriate times
during the project.
ARCH0099: Design studio 5.2
Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The exploration of architecture
within an a UK urban context explored through Architectural Design.
The course builds on knowledge acquired during the first degree
in architecture, with an emphasis on architectural design and
planning in an urban context presented in unit Design Studio 5.1
(ARCH0098). Students are to demonstrate a competence in the integrated
design of a range of building types while producing architecturally
elegant designs.
Content: The formulation of group and/or individual design
briefs using material accumulated in Design Studio 5.1 (ARCH0098)
for different building types (public and residential) in different
locations within the established urban context. The design to
be presented at a drawing scale not less than 1:100 through plans
and sections of key examples of these types, and supplemented
by models (physical and/or computer models). Designs will be developed
with due regard to aesthetic and technical requirements pervailing
nationally and especially within the urban context studied; and
with due regard to the perceived long-term social and physical
needs of the local community.
Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural,
Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants.
ARCH0100: Construction studies
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To extend awareness of
high quality building construction through individual case studies
of buildings selected by the co-ordinator and researched by individual
students and presented for discussion in the form of an illustrated
report and a physical or computer generated model.
Content: Six lectures on the approaches of architects to
six different building types in differing contexts. Individual
tutorials to develop the design of building types which constitute
Design Studio 5.2., and to understand the specific qualities and
characteristics of the particular building to be presented in
its cultural context.
ARCH0101: Management 5
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To demonstrate the need
for advance planning in the cost of construction works, and for
the combined control of expenditure. To develop an understanding
of estimating procedures, cost analysses and the impact of design
changes upon costs. To provide an advanced knowledge of the practice
of architecture, the place of the discipline in the construction
industry, and the professional role of the architect.
Content: To include 6 lectures on Building Cost Control
(5A), and 6 lectures on Architectural Practice, Management &
Law (5B). Building Cost Control: 1. The nature of cost planning
and the preparation and use of viability studies; 2. Estimnates
of capital construction cost and cost analyses; 3. Sources of
cost information; 4. Impact of design on cost and principles of
cost control; 5. Cost reporting procedures and preparation of
final accounts; 6. Cost benefit analysis, cost-in-use and life
cycle costing. Architectural Practice, Management and Law: 1.
Looking at sources of work, the appointment process, management
and design process, role playing the client/architect relationship;
2. Areas of work for the architect, types of client, marketing,
the strategic view of the profession; 3. Contracts of appointment,
codes of conduct, fees, consultants, collateral warranties, registration
acts; 4. The RIBA Job Book, Planning ahead, pricing the job, tendering
procedures for the architect, communication in the office, feedback
and development; 5. Visit to an architect's office and a practical
exercise in job getting, confirming the appointment, planning
the work, pricing for fees, dealing with warranties and appointing
other consultants; 6. Revision and general discussion.
ARCH0102: Urban history & theory
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: OR100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide students with
a background to current and historical debates about the city,
and also the urban situation being studied in units Design Studio
5.1 and Design Studio 5.2.
Content: The course commences with 7 lectures on Western
Urban Ideals and continues with accounts of major world cities
in the context of particular historical periods: 1. The Idea of
the Town in antiquity; 2. Italian Renaissance urban planning;
3. Stuart London, Georgian Bath and Edinburgh; 4. East and West
Coast USA; 5. Developments in Asia and Australasia; 6. Developments
in Continental Europe; 7. London. . A minimum of 8 student led
seminars will explore the relationship between urban design theory
and practice. The course is examined through illustrated seminar
papers presented by students.
ARCH0103: Landscape & ecology
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To raise awareness of the
physical environment around buildings and its modification, through
passive and active technical means.
Content: The course will comprise of 3 introductory lectures
relating prevalent landscape and ecological attitudes to the context
of the urban situation being studied in Design Studio 5.2. Tutorials
will develop individual and group responses to such issues by
students in the context of design problems which are part of unit
Design Studio 5.2.
ARCH0104: Advanced computer imaging
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop Computer Aided
Design skills already learnt in the first degree, and in practice,
in order to learn new presentation techniques.
Content: The unit commences with a single lecture demonstrating
different software visualisation packages and showing examples
of their application. This is followed by 12 hours of workshops
over the following week. During this time students are required
to explore part of one of the building types which they are designing
in Design Studio 5.2, by passing their design into a 3-D visualisation
package, selecting key view-points which are then lit and rendered
to best explain the design concept and realisation of the building/component
of the building design.
ARCH0105: Western philosophers
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 2
Assessment: OR100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide a forum for
the discussion of cultural, aesthetic and philosophical issues
relating to architectural design and society at large.
Content: It commences with an introductory lecture outlining
the scope of the course, and is followed by student led seminars
at which seminar papers are submitted for discussion, and which
explore the writings of leading philosophers.
ARCH0106: Dissertation (BArch)
Semester 1
Credits: 18
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an opportunity
for students to study an aspect of architecture in depth, and
to present this material primarily in written form. The dissertation
is to take the form of an academic piece of writing structured
with a clear argument which reaches a balanced conclusion. It
is intended to demonstrate an individual's use of written English
and powers of reasoning and expression.
Content: The dissertation should be written as a balanced
review of archive material, or as a survey of a building and/or
associated products. It is to comprise of around 8,000 words on
a theme selected by the candidate and agreed to by the dissertation
co-ordinators. Emphasis is to be placed on the cultural context
of architecture, with particular to respect to the history, theory
and urban design of architecture; or, on a technical aspect of
architectural design or production. The dissertation is to be
written in English and illustrated as necessary. It is to be poperly
referenced and provided with a full bibliography. Each student
will be appointed a supervisor, and the dissertation assessed
by two readers.
ARCH0107: Urban design studio 1
Semester 1
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The exploration of architecture
within an a European urban context explored through Architectural
Design. The course builds on skills in urban analysis acquired
during unit Design Studio 5.1.
Content: Field trip lasting not less than eight days to
study a major European city. Collection in groups of visual, historical,
social and cultural information relating to its urban development.
Presentation in groups through drawings, photographs and models
of the past and present character and future potential of the
area. Written documentation as necessary supportive of visual
and verbal presentations.
Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural,
Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants,
and visiting design critics will be invited at appropriate times
during the project.
ARCH0108: Urban design studio 2
Semester 2
Credits: 21
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Students are to demonstrate
a high level of competence in the integrated design of one building
type in a major European urban setting, while producing an architecturally
elegant design. The course builds on knowledge acquired during
unit Design Studio 5.2 (ARCH0098) and Urban design studio 1 (ARCH0107).
Content: The formulation of group and/or individual design
briefs using material accumulated in Urban Design Studio 1 for
one building type (public or residential) in one location within
the established urban context. The design is to be presented at
a drawing scale not less than 1:100 through plans and sections,
and supplemented by models (physical and/or computer models).
The design will be developed with due regard to the technical
requirements pervailing in the UK and aesthetically in accordance
with the urban context being studied; and with due regard to the
perceived long-term social and physical needs of the local community.
Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural,
Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants.
ARCH0109: Urban design project reports
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Design Project Reports
will be used to explain the urban context of the European city
under investigation in Urban design Studio 1 and 2 (ARCH0107 &
ARCH0108), and to describe group and individual architectural
and urban design responses to it.
Content: An illustrated A3-sized project report to be produced
by a study group/or an individual student describing the cultural
and physical context of the city as it was in the past, as it
is now, and as it may be developed in the near future. An illustrated
A4-sized project report describing the building type designed
by each individual student and in its national, regional and local
cultural and physical context.
ARCH0110: Management 6
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To determine some of the
principles of policy organisation, planning and control that are
present in project management in the construction industry. To
encourage an understanding of the present strengths and weaknesses
of project management, and to appreciate something of the cause
and effect in business practice.
Content: Six lectures on Project Management and Building
Cost Control: 1. The business syatem and the market, project and
enterprise; 2. The participants in the project; 3. Management
control; 4. Control of time, resources and money; 5. Corporate
Management; 6. Team building.
ARCH0112: Building services engineering
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims:
To enable the design of mechanical and electrical services.
Objectives:
To understand the techniques available to design various air consitioning
systems and choice of suitable plant. To provide tools needed
design principal electrical service distribution systems. To consider
the design of utility systems within buildings.
Content: Design of heating systems
Design of mechanical ventilation systems
Design of air conditioning systems
Coice of cooling plant and methods of heat rejection,
Design of Utility systems,
Design of hot and cold water services,
Gas distribution
Telephones and communiactions
Waste systems and management.
Design of electrical distribution systems, fault protection, harmonics,
interference
Emergency power generation
Fire and security systems.
ARCH0113: History & theory 1.1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 1
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to
a number of key texts dealing with fundamental concepts in architecture:
space, proportion, structure, ornament.
Content: The Unit is an unsupervised reading programme.
Students work in four groups, each reading and summarizing texts
dealing with one of the four concepts.
ARCH0114: Structures 3A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To reinforce the understanding
of architectural students in the role of statics in determining
the form efficiency of structural systems.
Content: A number of architectural projects with significant
qualities in their structural engineering and conceptual realisation
are examined in the context of their statical actions as a whole
and the influence of these actions on the construction detailing.
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