Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, students should be able to complete safe, efficient, and durable structural designs using the two most widely used construction materials: reinforced concrete and steel. Student will be able to:
• Complete detailed design calculations for structural elements to Eurocode requirements.
• Assess the embodied carbon in their structural designs and make design decisions for its minimisation.
• Understand the principles of structural design and apply these principles for the design of reinforced concrete elements for flexure, torsion, buckling, cracking.
• Design deep members using strut-and-tie method.
• Understand and design for structural stability.
• Have an understanding of lower and upper bound theorems of collapse, and apply them in the design of steel beams and portal frames.
• Design steel trusses, beams, and columns in single and multi-storey structures.
• Understand the principles of composite concrete-steel construction.
Indicative Module Content:
The effects of design decisions on the design outcomes and the responsibility of the engineer on the design outcomes.
Sustainability in structural design and construction
Element and system designs
a. Reinforced concrete:
i. Beams in bending, shear, and torsion
ii. Slabs: one-way and flat slabs
iii. Columns with emphasis on the design of slender columns
iv. Special aspects of reinforced concrete design including cracking, deflection, robustness, and strut-and-tie modelling
b. Steel design:
i. Introduction to structural steel design
ii. Design for axial, shear, and bending
iii. Robustness of steel structures
iv. Introduction to joints and connections
v. Single-storey structures
vi. Multi-storey structures
vii. Plastic design of beams and portal frames
viii. Composite construction