C&ENVENG 3001 - Structural Mechanics IIIA
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2014
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code C&ENVENG 3001 Course Structural Mechanics IIIA Coordinating Unit School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Eng Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 4 hours per week Assumed Knowledge C&ENVENG 2025 Restrictions Available to BE(Civil & Struct), BE(Architectural) & associated double degree students only Assessment coursework, exam Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Abdul Sheikh
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
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University Graduate Attributes
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Text Book: Structural Analysis, 8th Edition (SI Units), R.C. Hibbeler, Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2011 (Available in UniBook).
Lecture Slides (Power Point): To be available on MyUni. Printed copies of these slides (6 slides per page) will also be distributed at the beginning of lectures.
Computer Software (Microstand): To be available in CADS (full version) and on MyUni (student version for your personal computer).Online Learning
Apart from using MyUni for uploading lecture slides (power point) and the computer software as mention in section 3.1, it will be used for posting homework assignments and their solutions, the details of the group project, and some study materials (e.g. assignments, quizzes, question papers) of previous years. MyUni will also be used for communication (email) with students. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The sessions assigned for lectures (Section 1.3) will be used for formal course lectures except one session in week 6 for the quiz. The session assigned for the tutorial (Section 1.3) will be used to help students individually or in small groups for homework assignments, general understanding of theories and solving problems starting from week 3. Moreover, teaching assistance will be available on other days (1 hour per day) for additional consultations.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
In addition to 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial in a week (Section 1.3), students are expected to spend approximately 5 to 6 hours for studying lecture materials, practice examples and solving homework problems. Students are expected to spend extra hours (usually week 10-11) for the group project.Learning Activities Summary
Week 1: Introduction and Internal Member Forces Week 2: Integration Method for Deflection of Beams Week 3: Moment Area Theorem for Deflection of Beams Week 4: Energy Method for Deflection of Structures (Introduction, Castigliano’s Therem) Week 5: Energy Method for Deflection of Structures (Unit Load Method) Week 6: Force Method for Statically Indeterminate Structures Week 7: Displacement Method – Slope Deflection Method Week 8: Displacement Method – Slope Deflection Method Displacement Method – Moment Distribution Method Week 9: Displacement Method – Moment Distribution Method Week 10: Stiffness Method of Structural Analysis Week 11: Influence Lines of Statically Determinate Structures Week 12: Plastic Analysis of Structure -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
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- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
The assessment will have the following components.
Homework Assignments 20% Quiz (one) 5% Group Project 10% Final Examination 65% Assessment Related Requirements
The final examination marks should be at least 32.5% of the total marks to pass the course (i.e. you have to pass the final examination separately).Assessment Detail
Homework Assignments – A total of about 10 homework assignments will be given. The assignment problems will be uploaded on MyUni every week (usually Friday afternoon) starting from Week 2 where the problems will be based on the lecture material taught by that time. The students will get one week time to solve these problems individually. The submission must be made on next Friday (usually) before 4.00 pm to the course submission box in front of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering Office. The assignments will be marked giving importance to method, answer as well as presentation. The marked assignments will be returned to the students immediately after the marking which will usually take one week time.
Quiz – There will be a 50 minutes Quiz on 20.04.2012 (Week 6) at Chapman Lecture Theatre N158 (Macbeth Lecture Theatre) from 1.10 pm to 2.00 pm and it will based on the topics taught in first five weeks. The quiz will be a closed book test which will run under strict examination conditions. However, students are allowed to bring a double sided single A4 sheet containing relevant formulae only. A student who will miss the quiz will receive zero (0) for this component. However, if a student is sick on the day of quiz and a doctor’s certificate is produced, his/her marks in the final
examination will be increased from 65% to 70%.
Group Project – Students have to work in a group of 4 (maximum) to solve a problem using Microstand (computer software) which will be provided (Section 3.1). The project details will be available on MyUni at the end of Week 9. The project involves load calculation and computer analysis of a big frame structure. You will get approximately two weeks time to finish the project. Each group have to produce one report and submit to the course submission box on the due date.
Final Examination – This final examination will be of 3 hours duration which will cover the entire course material. Similar to the quiz, the final examination will be a closed book test but students are allowed to bring a double sided single A4 sheet containing relevant formulae.Submission
Homework Assignments: The due date for submission of an assignment will be mention on the assignment which will be usually Friday, 4.00 pm. Students must submit their assignments to the course submission box in front of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering Office on the due date before 4.00 pm. Late submissions will be penalised. If someone is late, please don’t submit your assignment to the submission box without informing the lecturer because the submission box will be opened once in a week.
Group Project: The due date for submission of the group project will be mentioned in the project details. Students have to submit their project report (one report for each group) to the course submission box in front of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering Office on the due date before 4.00 pm. The late submission will follow similar procedure as that of home assignments.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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