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CVEN30100

Academic Year 2024/2025

The Engineering and Architecture of Structures 3 (CVEN30100)

Subject:
Civil Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Civil Engineering
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Jennifer Keenahan
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module develops students’ skills in preparing structural calculation of their designs. Emphasis will be placed on making good design judgements, accurate calculations and presenting the results in a readable format.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

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

Indicative Module Content:

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 Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Small Group

24
Autonomous Student Learning

84
Total

120

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Peer-review
Cross-program content - using studio work from previous modules in this module
Problem-based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
ARCT10150 - Eng & Arch Structures 1, CVEN10020 - Theory&Design of Struct I, CVEN10060 - Eng & Arch Structures 1

Co-requisite:
CVEN20040 - Eng & Arch Structures 2

Additional Information:
Pre-requisite 1 of modules listed.


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Individual Project: Design calculation report Week 11 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
100
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• 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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 14:00 - 15:50
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