ENCN213-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Design Studio 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

Loads and load paths in buildings and bridges. Design calculations for timber and steel structures. Engineering drawing. Construction and testing of simple structures.

Course projects:
This course consists of two design projects; a simple building and a bridge.

The building design project involves:
1. Estimating the loads on the structure
2. Calculating the strength demand
3. Drawing the structural layout
4. Designing beams, columns and bracing systems
5. Engineering drawings

The bridge design project involves:
1. Choosing the optimal structural form of the bridge
2. Building and testing small spaghetti models of the bridge to check global stability
3. Estimating construction time and cost
4. Design and drawings of the bridge
5. Bridge construction and testing

The bridge design project will be done in groups of four or five students, while the building design project is an individual assignment. Both the bridge and the building are to be designed using timber or wood-based boards as the main structural material.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry

Restrictions

ENCI211

Course Coordinator

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Group Assignments (Bridge) 20%
Individual assignments 30%
final test 25%
Test 1 25%


Every item of assessment must be competed satisfactorily in order to pass the course.  
The final exam mark must be above 40% to pass this course, regardless of term marks

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $747.00

International fee $3,975.00

* 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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