Area: |
Department of Civil Engineering |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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
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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. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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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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