CVEN30040 Design of Structures 1

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module introduces students to steel and concrete as structural materials. Students will learn how to undertake elementary structural design of steel and reinforced concrete members in accordance with European codes of practice. Topics covered include: limit state design for steel and concrete; design of steel and reinforced concrete structural elements in tension, compression, bending and shear; steel connections and detailing of reinforced concrete.

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Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand the need for, and the nature of, design codes with the objective of designing safe and economical structures in concrete and steel ; 2. Apply basic structural mechanics to describe the behaviour of steel and concrete structures under loading;3. Design simple structural elements and connections and conduct laboratory experiments to examine the structural behaviour of concrete and steel elements under loading;4. Communicate effectively through the preparation of formal design calculation sheets, structural drawings and laboratory reports.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Autonomous Student Learning

72
Total

108
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, tutorials, end-of-semester examination 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Students should have either one of the pre-requisite modules listed


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
CVEN20010 - Mechanics of Solids I, MEEN20040 - Mechanics of Solids I


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: End of trimester exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

70
Continuous Assessment: Mixture of assessment: assignments, tutorials etc Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring 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

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Name Role
Assoc Professor Arturo Gonzalez Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Daniel McCrum Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Sohini Mishra Tutor