Module Details
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Title STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2
Code CIVE233
Coordinator Dr Z Guan
Civil Engineering and Industrial Design
Zhongwei.Guan@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 5 FHEQ Whole Session 22.5

Aims

This module builds on the first year with deeper understanding and knowledge of Structural Engineering principles in the context of the Built Environment. The emphasis is on:
- Understanding how deformation and stress are linked
- Understanding the interaction of force and moment
- Understanding how torsion and buckling affect strength
- Understanding how stiffness influences the way moments are distributed within a structure
- Experience using intermediate functionality of structural analysis software (and how to check it using qualitative techniques)
- Awareness of emerging and advanced materials used by structural engineers and their application
- Introduction to Virtual Work and its application in solving indeterminate structures

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Understand how deformation is linked to stress in the design of structural members

(LO2) Understand the interaction of axial force and moment in structural members

(LO3) Understand the interaction and implications of torsion and buckling in the design of structural members

(LO4) Understand how stiffness influences the way in which moment is distributed around a frame

(LO5) Experience intermediate techniques using structural analysis software

(LO6) Apply qualitative techniques and simplified rules of thumb to checking structural analysis models

(LO7) Understand the application and limitations of advanced and emerging materials against the more common materials in the context of civil and architectural engineering

(LO8) Understand and apply the concepts of Virtual Work to solving indeterminate structural engineering problems

(S1) Problem Solving

(S2) Information Technology (Application of)

(S3) Communication

(S4) Team Working

Syllabus
 

- Linking deformation and stress in 1D elements
- Interaction of force and moment
- Introduction to torsion and buckling
- Introduction to how stiffness influences the way moments are distributed within a structure
- Intermediate Computational Structural Analysis Software
- Introduction to emerging and advanced materials used by structural engineers and their application
- Introduction to Virtual Work and its application in solving indeterminate structures

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Class Based Lecture
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 2 - Laboratory Work (within centrally managed Year 2 Labs)
Description: Laboratory experiments (typically 3) to reinforce theory
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 3 - Tutorial
Description: Tutorials (typically 3) to practice application of theory
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 4 - Computer Laboratory
Description: Experience of using structural analysis software
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 40

   6

 35

   8

 89
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 1369
TOTAL HOURS 1458

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
End of Module Exam There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :End of Module  3 hours    50       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
A portfolio of post-laboratory reports (typically 3), Online tutorials (typically 3) and other assessed activities (typically 1) - See Module Briefing Sheet issued in Week1 Standard UoL penalty appli  35 hours Total (incl    50       

Recommended Texts
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