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302778 (v.1) Structural Materials 261
Area: | Department of Civil Engineering |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 302775 (v.1) Structural Engineering 162 or any previous version
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| Structural Materials. Concrete - Cements and aggregates, grading of aggregates. Concrete quality control, strength and workability. Placing and curing concrete. Concrete mix design.Timber - Structural properties of timber, defects, insect attack, seasoning and preservation. Glue laminated timbers, plywoods, connectors. Steel - Properties of different types of steels including stress-strain curves, definition of yield and ultimate stresses. Influence of different alloys. Mechanics of Solids - Shear stresses in beams. Shear in thin walled sections, shear centre, unsymmetrical bending. Torsion of circular bars, rectangular bars, thin walled sections. Stress and strain at a point. Mohr's circle of stress and strain. Elastic constants. Combined stresses. Theories of failure. Thick and thin walled cylinders. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2003 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | 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. |
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