302783 (v.1) Civil and Structural Analysis 262

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 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302353 (v.2) Mathematics 162 or any previous version
AND
302774 (v.1) Civil Engineering 164 or any previous version
AND
302779 (v.1) Structural Engineering 261 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Slope deflection method and its applications to frames with and without sway. Moment distribution method and its application to frames without sway, with sway, with sloping members and multi-storey frames. Virtual work for frames and trusses. Influence lines for determinate and indeterminate frames. Influence lines for determinate trusses. Plastic hinges and collapse mechanisms, plastic analysis of framed structures. Civil analysis, tolerance and risk - collection and classification of data in civil engineering projects and installations. Application of statistical models to civil and structural engineering work. Specification of tolerances, acceptance criteria and evaluation of risks.

** 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):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley 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