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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Structural Analysis

  • Unit Code

    ENS3243

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the analysis, design and behaviour of structural systems. The unit gives students an understanding of the importance of structural analysis and the tools available to determine the response of a structural system to external loads. Students learn to analyse structural systems for use as part of the built environment. The influence of analysis and design decisions on the economics, constructability and sustainability of structural systems is emphasised.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ENS1101, MAT1163

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Calculate loads for structural analysis.
  2. Construct and use influence lines.
  3. Describe the behaviour of structures under vertical and lateral loads.
  4. Determine forces and deflections in determinate trusses, beams and frames.
  5. Determine forces in indeterminate trusses, beams and frames by both the force and displacement method.
  6. Identify determinate, indeterminate, stable and unstable structures.
  7. Perform approximate analysis of rigid frames.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate beams, trusses, and rigid frames.
  2. Approximate methods of analysis for frame structures.
  3. Determination of deflections by integration, moment-area, energy and virtual-work methods.
  4. Determination of loads on structures.
  5. Displacement and matrix methods.
  6. Force method of analysis.
  7. Influence lines.
  8. Modelling of structural systems and structural elements, idealised structure, load path and tributary area.
  9. Slope deflection method of analysis.
  10. Structural components, forms and connections.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationMid-semester examination25%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Hibbler, R.C. (2012). Structural analysis, SI units (8th ed.). Singapore: Prentice-Hall.
  • Megson, T.H.G. (2005). Structural and stress analysis (2nd ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Leet, K.L, Uang, C.M., & Gilbert, A. (2011). Fundamentals of structural analysis (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Ghali, A., & Neville, A.M. (2009). Structural analysis: a unified classical and matrix approach (6th ed.). Taylor & Francis.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Structural Analysis

  • Unit Code

    ENS3243

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the analysis, design and behaviour of structural systems. The unit gives students an understanding of the importance of structural analysis and the tools available to determine the response of a structural system to external loads. Students learn to analyse structural systems for use as part of the built environment. The influence of analysis and design decisions on the economics, constructability and sustainability of structural systems is emphasised.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ENS1101, MAT1163

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Calculate loads for structural analysis.
  2. Construct and use influence lines.
  3. Describe the behaviour of structures under vertical and lateral loads.
  4. Determine forces and deflections in determinate trusses, beams and frames.
  5. Determine forces in indeterminate trusses, beams and frames by both the force and displacement method.
  6. Identify determinate, indeterminate, stable and unstable structures.
  7. Perform approximate analysis of rigid frames.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate beams, trusses, and rigid frames.
  2. Approximate methods of analysis for frame structures.
  3. Determination of deflections by integration, moment-area, energy and virtual-work methods.
  4. Determination of loads on structures.
  5. Displacement and matrix methods.
  6. Force method of analysis.
  7. Influence lines.
  8. Modelling of structural systems and structural elements, idealised structure, load path and tributary area.
  9. Slope deflection method of analysis.
  10. Structural components, forms and connections.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationMid-semester examination25%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Hibbler, R.C. (2012). Structural analysis, SI units (8th ed.). Singapore: Prentice-Hall.
  • Leet, K.L, Uang, C.M., & Gilbert, A. (2011). Fundamentals of structural analysis (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Megson, T.H.G. (2005). Structural and stress analysis (2nd ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Ghali, A., & Neville, A.M. (2009). Structural analysis: a unified classical and matrix approach (6th ed.). Taylor & Francis.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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