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On completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Develop self-evaluation skills
2. Explain the philosophy of safe design and the probabilistic bases of safe design
3. Create a stable structural scheme design from studio work and prepare detailed design calculations of a range of beams and columns in timber, concrete, steel and masonry
4. State the correct units for all calculations
5. Calculate the approximate cross-sectional size of a member to resist bending stresses, by judging the significance of section modulus
6. Calculate the approximate cross-sectional size of a member subject to either compressive stresses or combined compressive and bending stresses, by judging the effect of slenderness of the structural element
7. Calculate the shear forces on a structural element and control them using appropriate cross-sectional dimensions
8. Evaluate the need to control deflection in members
1. Philosophy of safe design
2. Scheme design
3. Detailed design calculations of a range of beams and columns in timber, concrete, steel and masonry
4. Units for calculations
5. Calculation of the approximate cross-sectional size of a member to resist bending stresses, by judging the significance of section modulus
6. Calculation of the approximate cross-sectional size of a member subject to either compressive stresses or combined compressive and bending stresses, by judging the effect of slenderness of the structural element
7. Calculation of the shear forces on a structural element and control them using appropriate cross-sectional dimensions
8. Deflection in members
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Small Group | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 84 |
Total | 120 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Individual Design Report | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 100 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Feedback will be provided to students in line with UCD regulations. Rubrics have been developed for each assessment component. They are amended interactively with students in class, and are available to students ahead of assessment deadlines via Brightspace. Feedback will be provided to students on drafts of their work using self-assessment activities and peer review activities. Feedback will be provided to individuals online, post-assessment via the rubric and feedback tool on Brightspace.