| CODE | CVE2611 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Structural Design 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Civil and Structural Engineering | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: The objective of this study-unit is to introduce students to the structural design of simply-supported and continuous flexural elements, such as reinforced concrete beams and slabs, and steel beams. The unit will introduce statically determinate structures, and simple bending theory. It will outline current limit state approaches to structural design, and to Eurocodes, including the basis of design and actions. The study-unit will address the ultimate and serviceability limit state design of reinforced concrete flexural elements, such as rectangular and flanged beams and slabs, as well as of simple structural steel flexural elements. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify functional behavior of flexural structural elements in simple buildings. - Assess actions on such elements, in accordance with statutory standards. - Calculate bending moments, shearing forces and deflections of simple determinate structures. - Design and detail reinforced concrete beams and slabs. - Design and detail simple steel beams and girders. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Principles of Structures, Hanaor, A., Blackwell Science, 1998. - Design of Structural Elements, Arya, C., Spon, 2004. - Concrete Design to EN 1992, Martin, L & Purkiss, J., Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. - Extracts from the Structural Eurocodes for Students of Structural Design, British Standards Institution, PP1990:2010. - Structural Steel Design of Steelwork to EN 1993 and EN 1994 –Martin, L., Purkiss J., Elsevier 2008. - Steel Designers Manual, Wiley, 2011. - MSA EN1990:2002, Basis of Structural Design*. - MSA EN 1991-1-1:2002, Actions on Structures*. - MSA EN 1992-1-1:2004, Design of Concrete Structures*. - MSA EN 1993-1-1:2005, Design of Steel Structures*. *Available on-line for registered students. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Spiridione Buhagiar Alex Torpiano |
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