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This course covers the behaviour and design of structural systems, considering the main structural materials currently used in New Zealand - timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures. The course builds on the basics of member design techniques for steel, reinforced concrete and timber structures, introduced in previous courses, to provide students with the skills and knowledge required for the design of typical structural systems.
Whakamahuki - OverviewThis course covers the behaviour and design of structural systems, considering the main structural materials currently used in New Zealand – reinforced concrete (RC), steel/composite, and timber.The course builds on the basics of member design techniques for reinforced concrete, steel and timber introduced in previous courses, to provide students with the skills and knowledge required for the design of typical structural systems for safety, efficiency and reliability.This course includes three learning modules, each lasting approximately one third of the course, that cover the following topics:• Module 1: Behaviour and design of reinforced concrete structures• Module 2: Behaviour and design of steel/composite structures• Module 3: Behaviour and design of timber structures
Students completing this course will be able to:Describe efficient construction of reinforced concrete, structural steel/composite, and timber members. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3) (WA graduate attributes: WA5)Describe behaviour of reinforced concrete, structural steel/composite, and timber members under combined forces and inelastic action, and the relationship to standards. . (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3) (WA graduate attributes: WA2, WA5)Apply the principles of mechanics to calculate the resistance of reinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber members under combined forces and inelastic action. (UC graduate attributes: EII3, EII4) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA2, WA5)Describe the behaviour of structural steel/composite, reinforced concrete and timber framed structures subject to gravity and lateral forces, and explain key design concepts for such frames including notional loads, residual stress effects, modelling, and uncertainty. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3) (WA graduate attributes: WA5)Apply the principles of mechanics to calculate the resistance of nreinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber structures subject to static forces such as wind and snow loading. (UC graduate attributes: EII3, EII4) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA2, WA3, WA5)Explain the design approach to structures subject to earthquake effects as it applies to reinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber structures. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3, GA3, CE3) (WA graduate attributes: WA5, WA10)Apply seismic design methods and techniques to reinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber structures. (UC graduate attributes: EII3, EII4) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA2, WA3, WA5)Discuss detailing leading to better seismically performing reinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber structures. (UC graduate attributes: EII2, EII3) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA10)Describe the role of experimental testing and research to inform the design process, and the ability of engineering approached to describe behaviour of reinforced concrete, steel/composite, and timber structures. . (UC graduate attributes: EII3, GA2, CE2) (WA graduate attributes: WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5).
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.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN205, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, ENCI335, ENCI336
ENCI425, ENCI426, ENCI427
ENCI438
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Santiago Pujol Llano
Gregory MacRae
The assessment will consist of three tests (one per module), a series of assignments, and six random quizzes.Tests 1 and 2 will occur at the ends of the corresponding modules (RC and Steel). The last test will occur during the end-of-semester exam period and cover Module 3 (Timber). In-class quizzes will be held without warning in one of the lectures/tutorials. From the six assignments, only the grades from five will be considered as part of the final grade. These will be for the quizzes with the greatest percentage grades.Assessments are to be completed on time. Otherwise, they will receive no grade except under documented exonerating circumstances (according to departmental policies). From the nine assignments, only the grades from seven will be considered as part of the final grade. These will be for the tests with the greatest percentage grades.
Standards New Zealand; Steel structures standard ; Standards New Zealand, 1997.
Buchanan, Andrew Hamilton , New Zealand Timber Industry Federation; Timber design guide ; 3rd ed; New Zealand Timber Industry Federation, 2007.
Bull, D. K. (Des K.) Brunsdon, David,; The Red book, Examples of concrete structural design to New Zealand Standard 3101 ; Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand, 2008.
Gorenc, B. , Syam, A., Tinyou, R; Steel designers handbook ; 7th ed; UNSW Press, 2005.
Moehle, Jack P; Seismic design of reinforced concrete buildings ; McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
Sozen, Mete A. , Ichinose, Toshikatsu., Pujol, Santiago; Principles of reinforced concrete design ; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Standards Association of Australia. , Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee TM-001, Timber Structures; Timber structures ; Third edition, incorporating amendment nos 1, 2 and 3; Standards Australia, 2010.
Standards New Zealand; Timber framed buildings : NZS 3604:1999 ; Standards New Zealand, 1999.
Recommended:NZS/AS 1720.1 Timber structures design methodsThe Standards NZ Online database may be used to access all NZ standards:- Access via the library - UC Databases > Databases S, or- at https://go.openathens.net/redirector/canterbury.ac.nz?url=http://shop.standards.co.nz/IPCheck/login.jsp
Domestic fee $2,537.00
International fee $12,475.00
* 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 .