- Course Code
- EG 3516
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor H W Chandler
Pre-requisites
EG 2029 (CAS 9).
Notes
Available only to students following an Honours degree programme.
Overview
The major topic of this course is an introduction to modern methods of elastic structural analysis. In this topic, direct, energy and matrix methods are jointly used to solve, initially, problems of the deformation of elastic trusses and simple beams. They are then used to investigate the mechanical properties of structural composites.
The individual properties of skeletal structural elements are then studied in detail with a treatment of the buckling of struts and bending of non-symmetrical and sandwich beams.
The rigid-plastic analysis of frames is then introduced along with the bounding theorems and their importance to engineering design.
The practical work involves a sequence of four experiments, which illustrate unexpected or non-linear behaviour of structures. Two involve torsion, one an elastomeric framework, and another the buckling of a beam with open section. A design element takes the form of a failure investigation and an improved connection design.
Students of Civil Engineering undertake an alternative to this practical work, which takes the form of a substantial design exercise. A forest park outdoor activity centre is to be designed, consisting of a reinforced, concrete, two-storey building. The design will also incorporate a reinforced concrete earth-retaining wall.
Structure
24 one-hour lectures, 6 one-hour tutorials, and 6 three-hour practicals in total.
Assessment
1 three-hour written examination paper (80%) and in-course assessment (20%).