Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
AR20387: Structural design and construction 1 |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To introduce students to the concepts of limit state design and its practical application to reinforced concrete and steel structural elements. To further develop analytical and conceptual understanding of structural action through the design of elements and simple structures. To introduce elements of construction technology as applied to reinforced concrete and steel. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to demonstrate: Knowledge of the concepts of limit state design and its practical application to reinforced concrete and steel structural elements; analytical and conceptual understanding of structural action through the design of elements and simple structures, and knowledge of elements of construction technology. Skills: Intellectual skills * To understand taught material - taught Professional/Practical skills * Analytical and design skills related to the material covered - assessed Transferable/key skills * To communicate ideas verbally and in writing - facilitated and assessed. Content: Design philosophies (Geometrical principles; Permissible stress; LFRD; Limit state). Codes of Practice, Standards, Building Regulations. British Standards, Euro-codes. Design loads and actions. Layout of calculations; drawings. Reinforced concrete design - materials; singly reinforced beams; doubly reinforced beams; serviceability - deflection, cracking; shear; detailing of reinforcement; fire resistance; two way span slabs; flat slabs; strip theory; yield-line theory; membrane action. Structural steel design - steel sections; materials; simple tension members; simple compression members; beam design (bending; lateral restraints; laterally restrained beams; laterally unrestrained beams; shear; deflections); bolted and welded connections. A major part of the assessed coursework will be a design project where constructability (including health and safety) must be considered. |