SEV320 - Theory of Structures

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Offering information:

Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from 2027

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Bidur Kafle
Prerequisite:

One unit from SEM201, SEJ201, SEM222, SEM322 or SEM216

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

2 x 2 hour seminars per week (weeks 1-4), 1 x 2 hour seminar per week (weeks 5-11).

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 2 hour seminar per week.

Content

This unit focuses on the fundamental analysis concepts and techniques required by engineers to study the behaviour of common structures. The unit will cover modelling and calculation methods necessary to describe and quantify member forces and deflections. The unit will address stability and determinacy and include analysis techniques for determinate and indeterminate structures such as beams, frames, trusses. The unit will also focus on the construction of influence line for beam, truss and floor girder systems and analyse the effect of moving loads including concentrated loads, distributed loads and series of concentrated loads. Emphasis is placed on developing the student’s ability to model and analyse a structure using prescribed methods and to experience a range of realistic applications for structural analysis which reflect those encountered in professional practice. 

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Assess and define the structural determinacy and stability of a range of structures.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Demonstrate proficiency in the structural analysis of statically determinate structures, including deflection calculations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Demonstrate proficiency in the analysis of indeterminate structures using force and displacement methods.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Construct influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures and use influence lines to ascertain the effect of moving loads on the structure.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

 

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Analytical report
Detail analysis and interpretation of results 25% Week 5
Assessment 2
Problem solving task
Written interpretations and calculations 35% Week 9
Assessment 3
Problem solving task
Written solutions to a number of questions 40% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Hibbeler, 2019,  Structural Analysis In Si Units, 10th Ed (or 9th Ed), Pearson Education, Harlow, United Kingdom.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEV320 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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