Advanced Structural Engineering (ECMM108)

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Module status - Active
Module description status - Inactive
Credits - 15
College code - EMP
Academic year - 2013/4

Module staff

Duration (weeks) - term 1

11 weeks

Duration (weeks) - term 2

11 weeks

Duration (weeks) - term 3

0

Number students taking module (anticipated)

18

Module description

In the late 20th century, the understanding of structural engineering came on in leaps and bounds, and the depth and breadth of knowledge in this field has continued to gather pace.
  
Using the case study method, you will further refine your knowledge of the most current and advanced concepts in designing and assessing safe structures. This module covers specific challenges, such as computational modeling, plate bending theory, limit analysis, buckling and twisting, thermal integrity, vibration, and earthquake design.

Module aims

The general aim of this module is to extend the understanding of structural behaviour by studying new advanced concepts in the context of design and/or assessment of structures.

This module covers Specific Learning Outcomes in Engineering, which apply to accredited programmes at Bachelors/MEng/Masters level. These contribute to the  educational requirements for CEng registration (as defined under the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence – UK-SPEC).

This module correlates to references E1, MU1, MU4, ME1 - ME3, MP1, MP2 and GM4. These references are indices of the specific learning outcomes expected of Bachelors/MEng/Masters candidates set out in UK-SPEC, codified with reference to systems used by professional accrediting institutions. A full list of the standards can be found on the Engineering Council's website, at http://www.engc.org.uk

ILO: Module-specific skills

  • 1. understand structural behaviour and appropriate tools for analysis.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

  • 2. show developed appropriate mathematical skills necessary for complex structural analyses.

ILO: Personal and key skills

  • 3. demonstrate independent learning skills, and the ability to apply judgmental and critical skills in selecting appropriate methods of analysis.

Syllabus plan

The syllabus will be based on the following main themes:

 
- review linear methods of analysis;
 
- analyses based on matrix and finite element methods - particularly for frames and plates;
 
- significance of statical indeterminacy as regards thermal effects, lack of fit, and structural integrity;
 
- study of more general forms of structure;
 
- plates/slabs, and modelling with elastic theories such as Kirchhoff and Reissner-Mindlin and FE models for SLS;
 
- dynamic behaviour of structures;
 
- dynamic behaviour, vibration characteristics of frames and plates;
 
- applications to seismic response and diagnostic tests of structural 
integrity;
 
- nonlinear behaviour due to material (e.g. Plasticity) geometric nonlinearities;
 
- buckling and post-buckling of elastic structures, buckling of real columns; 
 
- limit analysis in design/or assessment;
 
- strut and tie models;
 
- yield line and equilibrium strip methods as limit analyses for ULS.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
221280

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled learning and teaching activities11Tutorials
Scheduled learning and teaching activities11Seminars
Guided independent study128Guided independent study

Summative assessment (% of credit)

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
50500

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Formal Examinationort and oral 1502 hoursAllWritten
Coursework – written report 112.52 hoursAllWritten
Coursework – written report 212.52 hoursAllWritten
Coursework – written report 312.52 hoursAllWritten
Coursework – written report 412.52 hoursAllWritten

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
All aboveExaminationAllCompleted over summer with a deadline in August

Re-assessment notes

If a module is normally assessed entirely by coursework, all referred/deferred assessments will normally be by assignment.
If a module is normally assessed by examination or examinaton plus coursework, referred and deferred assessment will normally be by examination. For referrals, only the examination will count, a mark of 40% being awarded if the examination is passed. For deferrals, candidates will be awarded the higher of the deferred examination mark or the deferred examination mark combined with the original coursework mark.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk

  1. ,Dynamics of Structures: theory and applications to earthquake engineering,Chopra AK,2nd,Prentice Hall,2001,624.17 CHO,000-0-130-86973-2,
  2. ,Stability of Structures,Bazant, Z. P. & Cedolin, L,,Oxford University Press. Also available in paperback from Dover Publications,1989,624.171 BAZ,000-0-195-05529-2,
  3. ,Reinforced Concrete - Mechanics and Design,MacGregor, J G,3rd,Prentice Hall,1997,620.137 MAC,000-0-132-33974-9,
  4. ,Stress, Stability and Chaos in Structural Engineering: An energy approach,El Naschie M S,,McGraw-Hill,1990,624.171 ELN,000-0-077-07310-X,
  5. ,Concepts and of Finite Element Analysis,Cook; R.D. et al,4th,Wiley,2002,515.35 COO,,
  6. ,Strip method Design handbook,Hillerborg, A,1,Taylor and Francis,1996,,978-0419187400,

Module has an active ELE page?

Yes

Module ECTS

7.5

NQF level (module)

5

Available as distance learning?

No

Origin date

19/11/12

Last revision date

19/11/12