CIV3221 · Building structures and technology

Overview

Loads and load paths for multi-storey building structures, including wind load. Design of composite steel-concrete floor systems, beam-columns and footings. Appropriate structural analysis manual techniques for the determination of forces and displacements in structures. Relationship between structural analysis software and these manual techniques. Emphasis on performance issues for buildings, including both strength and deflection.

Areas of study: E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Specialisation: Civil engineering

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Continuous assessment: 40% Final assessment: 60% This unit contains hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Describe and apply the limit state design philosophy to calculate loads appropriate to each limit state.
2. Determine the global structural behaviour of building frames, identifying the role of each component.
3. Analyse structural behaviour using a combination of computer and hand analysis approaches.
4. Design the members and connections for composite floor steel-framed building structures.
5. Generate a high-quality technical report as part of a group to summarise the design of a building structure.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.