308866 (v.1) Civil Engineering Materials 267
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| Area: | Department of Civil Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
307529 (v.4)
Engineering Mechanics 100
or any previous version
AND 307533 (v.3) Engineering Materials 100 or any previous version AND 307536 (v.4) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version OR 307535 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version OR 7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version OR 10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | Materials: General civil engineering material performance requirements: strength, stiffness, durability, appearance. Concrete: mix design, effects of constituent composition and proportions on fluid state and hardened state properties, concrete placement and curing. Steel: production and properties of steel, steel grades, effect of alloys, protection from corrosion and fire. Timber: properties of timber, defects, durability, grading. Asphalt cements: production and distillation, testing, modifications for particular applications, road tars, durability. Geosynthetics: overview of available materials, geotextile functions and mechanisms, designing with geotextiles. Stresses in materials: review of axial stress and strain; Young's modulus; normal stresses; Poisson's ratio; elastic and plastic section moduli. Composite beams. Shear stress and strain. Biaxial stress systems: Mohr's circle of stress; Mohr's circle of strain, thin-walled vessels; three-dimensional stress and strain; combined stresses due to combined loading; and torsion in circular sections. |
| Field of Education: | 030903 Structural Engineering |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
