ENCI335-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Structural Analysis

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

Solid mechanics applied to structural systems. Analysis of indeterminate structures. Introduction to structural dynamics and the response of structures to earthquakes.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

  • understand the force and displacement methods and apply them to analyse/solve indeterminate structural systems
  • understand the energy concepts and use them in analysing/solving statically determinate and indeterminate structural systems
  • understand the concept of moment redistribution and its application in solving statically indeterminate structures
  • understand the fundamentals of structural dynamics and apply them to examine the behaviour of linear single-degree-of-freedom systems subject to simple and complex excitations
  • understand the applications of structural dynamics in earthquake engineering
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENCI334

Timetable Note

Analysis of Indeterminate Structures: (24 lectures)
Taught by: Prof Rajesh Dhakal

Module 1: Introduction: General Concepts        (1 lecture)
Module 2: Statically Indeterminate Beams: Force Method (6 lectures)
Module 3: Statically Determinate Frames        (2 lectures)
Module 4: Introduction to Energy Methods        (3-4 lectures)
Module 5: Moment Distribution Method        (3-4 lectures)
Module 6: Displacement Method of Indeterminate Analysis (7 lectures)
               Review                                                              (1 lecture)


Introductory Structural Dynamics:  (24 lectures)
Taught by: Dr Reagan Chandramohan

Module 1: Introduction (1 lecture)
Module 2: SDOF free vibration (2 lectures)
Module 3: Response to harmonic excitations (3 lectures)
Module 4: Response to arbitrary excitations (5 lectures)
Module 5: Ground motion & elastic response spectra (4 lectures)
Module 6: Inelastic SDOF response (4 lectures)
Module 7: Seismic design basics (4 lectures)
               Review                                                      (1 lecture)

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Rajesh Dhakal

Lecturer

Reagan Chandramohan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 20%
final exam 40%
Test 40%


You cannot pass this course unless you achieve a mark of at least 40% in each of the mid-semester test and the final exam. A student who narrowly fails to achieve 40% in either the test or exam, but who performs very well in the other, may be eligible for a pass in the course.

All assignments must be submitted by the due date. Late submissions will not be accepted. If a student is unable to complete and submit an assignment by the deadline due to personal circumstances beyond their control they should discuss this with the lecturer involved as soon as possible.

Assignments can be done individually or in pair, unless explicitly stated by the lecturer. If done in pairs, a single submission for marking is required and both students receive the same mark. It is important that both students play an equal role in completing the assessment as the internal assessment is designed to prepare you for the formal assessments.

Students in this course can apply for aegrotat consideration provided they have sat the mid-term test, the final exam or both.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Beer, Ferdinand P. (Ferdinand Pierre); Mechanics of materials ; 6th; McGraw Hill, 2012.

Clough, Ray W. , Penzien, Joseph; Dynamics of structures ; 2nd ed.; McGraw-Hill, 1993.

M.S. Williams, J.D. Todd; Structures : theory and analysis ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $937.00

International fee $5,125.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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