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On completion of this module, students will have the ability to:
1) Analyse 1-, 2- and 3-D skeletal structures using flexibility, stiffness and graphical moment distribution methods. Calculate displacements due to bending, shear, torsion and axial effects.
2) Analyse 2-D structures, including grids and slabs.
3) Analyse the effects of axial deformation, springs, settlements, plastic behaviour, and large displacements on the structural response.
Force (Flexibility) and Displacement (Stiffness) Methods; Unit-Force Theorem; Graphical Moment distribution Method (sway and non-sway); Symmetry and Anti-symmetry; Grids; Elasto-plastic Analysis of Continuous Beams and Frames; Moment Redistribution Analysis; Upper Bound Plastic Methods -> Yield-line Theory; Lower Bound Plastic Methods; Orthotropic Slabs; Geometric Non-linearity.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 30 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 6 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 65 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: assignments, tests | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Other | No | 30 |
Examination: End-of-trimester written exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Other | No | 70 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
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