302800 (v.1) Structural Engineering 461

Area:	Department of Civil Engineering
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.0
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.
Seminar:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302788 (v.1) Structural Analysis 365 or any previous version AND 308884 (v.1) Civil and Structural Design 366 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Concepts of elasticity in two and three-dimensional continua. Finite element method - introduction, application of stiffness method and matrix solution techniques. Basic assumption of displacement function, elements for two-dimensional plane stress and plain strain, modelling techniques and structural applications. Beyond the basics - dynamics and nonlinearity. Use of commercial software for finite element analysis. Instability - the theory of buckling. Buckling of columns, frames and plates. Imperfections and restraints.
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Field of Education:	030903 Structural Engineering
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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

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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