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CVEN40120

Academic Year 2024/2025

Bridge Engineering (CVEN40120)

Subject:
Civil Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Civil Engineering
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Muhammad Gulzari
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

1) INTRODUCTION: Structural forms, cross-sections, bridge elevations, bearings, joints, substructure, bridge aesthetics, habitat fragmentation, bridge deterioration and monitoring. 2) Bridge scour. 3) BRIDGE LOADING: Safety factors and loading combinations, dead and superimposed dead loading, imposed traffic loading, thermal loading, creep and shrinkage, differential settlement, impact loading, dynamic effects, prestress loading. 4) 2-D AND 3-D MODELLING OF BRIDGE DECKS: Thin plate theory, grillage and finite element analysis, simple isotropic slabs, edge cantilevers and edge stiffening, voided slab bridge decks, beam and slab bridges, cellular bridges, skew and curved bridge decks, three-dimensional analysis.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1) To develop a basic understanding for bridge aesthetics and function and the most common forms of construction; 2) To provide the student with a knowledge of bridge design philosophy, the loads and load combinations and conceptual design principles; 3) To facilitate an understanding of how a bridge deck responds to various combinations of load; 4) To be able to model a bridge in 2-D/3-D using structural analysis software; 5) To join the bridge engineering community aware of the state of the art of bridge structural systems and details.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Computer Aided Lab

3
Autonomous Student Learning

72
Total

111

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and computer laboratory(s)

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
CVEN40040 - Structural Modelling (Bridges)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): 2-hour exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
90
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Lab exercise Week 10 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
10
 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

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

* Bridge Deck Analysis by E.J. OBrien, D.L. Keogh, and A.J. O’Connor, Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, 2014.
* Bridge Deck Behaviour by E.C. Hambly, Spon, 1991.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Arturo Gonzalez Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Computer Aided Lab Offering 1 Week(s) - 31 Fri 12:00 - 13:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 09:00 - 10:50
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