CVEN30170 Analysis of Structures 2

Academic Year 2024/2025

This course deals with the determination of stresses, strains and displacements in a solid, and its application to civil engineering problems involving linear elastic materials.

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will have the ability to:
1) Analyse stress, strain and failure in deformable solids under the action of external forces, with emphasis on combined stress states, plane stress and plane strain problems.
2) Formulate stress and strain tensors and vectors, and determine all possible states of stress and strain in a point using an algebraic form or Mohr's circle.
3) Apply small deformation theory to obtain displacements, strains and stresses using the kinematic, constitutive, compatibility equations and differential equations of equilibrium.
4) Understand the principles of finite element analysis: stiffness matrix method, element stiffness matrices, principle of minimum potential, isoparametric element formulation, force vector assembly, global stiffness matrix assembly, element type selection (2D plane stress, 2D plane strain, 3D solid, 3D shell) and stress recovery from displacements.

Indicative Module Content:

Stress; Strain; Displacement; Failure criteria; Elasticity; Finite Element Method.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

71
Lectures

36
Tutorial

12
Computer Aided Lab

6
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, tutorials/assignments and computer labs 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
CVEN20010 - Mechanics of Solids I

Incompatibles:
CVEN30150 - Elasticity and Plasticity


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): End-of-trimester closed-book written exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Other No

70

 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignments/Computer Lab Week 4, Week 6, Week 10, Week 12 Other No

30

 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Post-assessment feedback

Name Role
Dr Meisam Gordan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Abdollah Malekjafarian Lecturer / Co-Lecturer