302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365

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 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302778 (v.1) Structural Materials 261 or any previous version
AND
302783 (v.1) Civil and Structural Analysis 262 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Structural analysis - revision of concepts, stiffness, flexibility, indeterminate structures, bending moments, matrix operations. Approximate methods of analysis. Application software - multiframe, microSTRAN, space gass 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.

** 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:

030903 Structural Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley 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