Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5502ICPDCE-SEP-PAR
Aims
This unit provides learners with an understanding of civil engineering structural design, beginning with simple structural elements found in buildings
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify equilibrium and compatibility in relation to structures.
2.
Identify deflection of structural systems.
3.
Identify further theories for structures.
4.
Produce designs for building elements.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Equilibrium and compatibility requirements for given structures
The stress/strain relationship of an axially loaded system
Statically determinacy and kinematical indeterminacy using appropriate methods
Deflection of compound and complex trusses
Statically determinate structures using energy theorems
Statically indeterminate structures using matrix force method
Loading conditions for a civil engineering structure
Load transfer within civil engineering structures
Different design concepts used in civil engineering design
Designs for simply supported beams in steel, reinforced concrete and timber
Designs for columns in steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry
Appropriate slab designs for one-way and two-way spanning slabs
Understand appropriate designs for doubly reinforced concrete beams
Understand appropriate designs for continuous concrete beams