ENCI335-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016

Structural Analysis

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2016

Description

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

This course introduces the behaviour and design of steel structures. It uses knowledge of mechanics of materials, metallurgy, structural analysis, design, and structural mechanics, obtained from ENCN213 (Design Studio 1), ENCN221 (Engineering Materials) and ENCN231 (Solid Mechanics).

Students will be introduced to the behaviour of steel material, members, frames and connections under a number of loading conditions. They will then be involved in the design of simple members, frames and connections following NZ Steel Code (NZS 3404) methods.

At the end of the course students should be able to evaluate the performance of, and design, simple tension members, compression members, flexural members, and members subject to multiple types of loading which form a part of a steel frame. Students should be able to design a variety of welded and bolted connections for steel frame structures.

Learning Outcomes

  • The specific aims of the course are to enhance the students’ understanding of:

  • the fundamental computational principles used in the analysis of indeterminate structures and members under static loading
  • the force and displacement methods to analyse/solve indeterminate structural systems
  • the energy concepts and their use in analysing/solving statically determinate and indeterminate structural systems
  • the concept of moment redistribution and its application in solving statically indeterminate structures
  • the fundamentals of structural dynamics by examining the behaviour of linear single-degree-of-freedom systems subject to simple and complex excitations
  • the applications of structural dynamics to earthquake engineering.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENCI334

Timetable Note

Analysis of Indeterminate Structures: (23 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)


Introductory Structural Dynamics:  (23 lectures)
Taught by: A/Prof Tim Sullivan

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)

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Gregory MacRae

Assessment

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


Note: All assessments are to be completed on time with a coversheet attached or they will receive no grade. While discussion about the work is permitted, calculations, computer work, writing are to be performed individually.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

G MacRae; Introduction to Structural Steel ; University of Canterbury, 2015.

Recommended Reading

Gorenc, B. , Syam, A., Tinyou, R; Steel designers handbook ; 7th ed; UNSW Press, 2005.

Standards New Zealand; Steel structures standard. (and commentary) ; Standards New Zealand, 1997.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $901.00

International fee $4,863.00

* 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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