302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365


Area:

Department of Civil Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302783 (v.1) Civil and Structural Analysis 262 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Structural Analysis - Revision of concepts, stiffness, flexibility, indeterminate structures, bending moments, matrix operations. Approximate methods of analysis. Application software - Multiframe, microSTRAN, Spacegass and others. Stiffness and flexibility matrices for individual members. Stiffness method - procedure. Stiffness method - applied to trusses, beams and frames. Flexibility method - procedure and concepts, applied to trusses, beams and frames. Self straining of structures. Stress analysis - introduction to tensor analysis using the stress and strain tensors. Deformation analysis. Structural dynamics (vibration). Case Studies of analytical problems and engineering failures.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area