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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

    Advanced Structural Analysis and Design

  • Unit Code

    ENS5147

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides students with an in-depth technical competence in the analysis and design of complex structures using a variety of construction materials. Students will also gain a solid knowledge of the Finite Element Method approach to structural analysis and will learn how to apply, at an advanced level, commercial finite element software to practical problems in structural engineering.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 3 units from ENS6149, ENS6151, ENS6152

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS6103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply advanced analysis approaches to the simplification and analysis of complex structures.
  2. Apply the design principles for multi-storey buildings and carry out relevant design calculations.
  3. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the benefits and limitations of, and design principles relevant to, advanced structural materials.
  4. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the mathematical theory behind the Finite Element Method.
  5. Explain the theory of, and apply the Finite Element Method in structural engineering practice.
  6. Utilise appropriate software tools to model, analyse and propose design solutions for indeterminate structures.
  7. Write programs to formulate and implement the Finite Element Method.

Unit Content

  1. Application of appropriate software tools to analyse and design structural systems (beams, frames, plates and shells).
  2. Critical evaluation of Finite Element models.
  3. Design of multi-storey buildings.
  4. Design of pre-stressed concrete structures.
  5. Design of steel frames.
  6. Design of timber structures.
  7. Finite Element models of three dimensional structures.
  8. Principles of elastic and plastic design as applied to steel and concrete statically indeterminate structures.
  9. The Finite Element Method and its applications to structural modelling, analysis and design.
  10. The use of the Moment Redistribution method.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars 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
AssignmentDesign exercises30%
ProjectFinite Element computer program20%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Ghali, A., Neville, A.M., & Brown, T.G. (2009). Structural analysis: A unified classical and matrix approach (6th ed.). London, UK: Taylor Francis.
  • Loo, Y., & Chowdhury, S.H. (2013). Reinforced and prestressed concrete: Analysis and design with emphasis on the application of AS3600-2009 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Standards Australia. (2003). HB 2.2-2003 Australian standards for civil engineering students - Structural engineering. Standards Australia.
  • Zienkiewicz, O.C., Taylor, R.L., & Zhu, J.Z. (2005). The Finite Element Method: Its basis and fundamentals (6th ed.). Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Woolcock, S. T., Kitipornchai, S., Bradford, M. A., & Haddad, G. A. (2011). Design of portal frame buildings: Including crane runway beams and monorails (4th ed.). Sydney, Australia: Australian Steel Institute.
  • Young, W.K., & Hyochoong, B. (2000). The Finite Element Method using Matlab (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, USA: CRC Press.
  • Warner, R.F., Rangan, B.V., Hall, A.S., & Faulkes, K.A. (1999). Concrete structures. Boston, USA: Addison Wesley Longman.

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

    Advanced Structural Analysis and Design

  • Unit Code

    ENS5147

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides students with an in-depth technical competence in the analysis and design of complex structures using a variety of construction materials. Students will also gain a solid knowledge of the Finite Element Method approach to structural analysis and will learn how to apply, at an advanced level, commercial finite element software to practical problems in structural engineering.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 3 units from ENS6149, ENS6151, ENS6152

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS6103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply advanced analysis approaches to the simplification and analysis of complex structures.
  2. Apply the design principles for multi-storey buildings and carry out relevant design calculations.
  3. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the benefits and limitations of, and design principles relevant to, advanced structural materials.
  4. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the mathematical theory behind the Finite Element Method.
  5. Explain the theory of, and apply the Finite Element Method in structural engineering practice.
  6. Utilise appropriate software tools to model, analyse and propose design solutions for indeterminate structures.
  7. Write programs to formulate and implement the Finite Element Method.

Unit Content

  1. Application of appropriate software tools to analyse and design structural systems (beams, frames, plates and shells).
  2. Critical evaluation of Finite Element models.
  3. Design of multi-storey buildings.
  4. Design of pre-stressed concrete structures.
  5. Design of steel frames.
  6. Design of timber structures.
  7. Finite Element models of three dimensional structures.
  8. Principles of elastic and plastic design as applied to steel and concrete statically indeterminate structures.
  9. The Finite Element Method and its applications to structural modelling, analysis and design.
  10. The use of the Moment Redistribution method.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars 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
AssignmentDesign exercises30%
ProjectFinite Element computer program20%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Ghali, A., Neville, A.M., & Brown, T.G. (2009). Structural analysis: A unified classical and matrix approach (6th ed.). London, UK: Taylor Francis.
  • Loo, Y., & Chowdhury, S.H. (2013). Reinforced and prestressed concrete: Analysis and design with emphasis on the application of AS3600-2009 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Standards Australia. (2003). HB 2.2-2003 Australian standards for civil engineering students - Structural engineering. Standards Australia.
  • Zienkiewicz, O.C., Taylor, R.L., & Zhu, J.Z. (2005). The Finite Element Method: Its basis and fundamentals (6th ed.). Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Woolcock, S. T., Kitipornchai, S., Bradford, M. A., & Haddad, G. A. (2011). Design of portal frame buildings: Including crane runway beams and monorails (4th ed.). Sydney, Australia: Australian Steel Institute.
  • Young, W.K., & Hyochoong, B. (2000). The Finite Element Method using Matlab (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, USA: CRC Press.
  • Warner, R.F., Rangan, B.V., Hall, A.S., & Faulkes, K.A. (1999). Concrete structures. Boston, USA: Addison Wesley Longman.

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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