Online Courses Handbook 2003

302784 (v.1) Structural Design 266

Area:	Department of Civil Engineering
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302778 (v.1) Structural Materials 261 or any previous version AND 302779 (v.1) Structural Engineering 261 or any previous version
Introduction to Design - broad issues of design, design approach, problem solving, types of loads and load factors, limit states. Steel - Codes of practice, roofs, tension members, compression members, axially loaded columns, columns, simple roof trusses. Complex connections and splices, plate girders, base plates. Timber - design stresses, beams, axially loaded solid columns, spaced columns, tension members, members in combined bending and direct stresses, plyweb beams, glued laminated members, joints and connectors.