1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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CE416 Structural Engineering (Elective) .
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments 100%
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
0 bjectives
To introduce advanced topics in structural engineering
analysis and design with a particular emphasis on computer
application.
Content
Structural dynamics: free and forced vibrations of single
and multi-degree of freedom systems.
Introduction to the finite element method: general
formulation of an element stiffness matrix; the constant
strain triangle and higher order elements.
Plastic analysis and design of multi-storey frames.
Prestressed concrete: advanced topics, end anchorages,
partial prestressing.
Structural design with composite, cold formed steel and
aluminium sections.
CE428 Mechanics of Solids
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorial/laboratoy work Assessment:
assignments 30%, examination 70% Prerequisite: CE216
Structural Mechanics 1, CE217 Structural Engineering I
A forth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
0 b jectives
To further develop an understanding of material behaviour
and stress analysis as fundamental aspects of the engineering
design and analysis process particularly with regard to
structural engineering.
Content
Materials technology: fibre composite materials, polymeric
materials; steel technology: deformation and fracture, heat
treatment in relationship to welding practice, welding
processes; fracture mechanics: fatigue, corrosion and stress
corrosion; concrete technology: additives.
Stress analysis: stress-strain relationships and the general
equations of elasticity and compatibility; plane stress and
plane strain problems; yield criteria, (Tresca, Von Mises);
torsion: torque distribution diagrams, torsion in circular and
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thin walled sections; torsion of open cross sections; biaxial
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bending, shear centre, skew bending.
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Energy theorems in structural analysis.
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" Recommended Reading
Gere, J.M., and Timoshenko, S.P. Mechanics ofMaterials. 3rd SI
edn, Chapman & Hall, London, 1991
Trahair, N.S., and Bradford, M.A. fie Behaviour and Design of
Steel Structures. 2nd edn, Chapman and Hall, London, 1988
Owen, G.W., Knowles, P.R., and Dowling, P.J., (editors). Steel
DesignersJManual. 5th edn, Blackwell Scientific Publications,
Oxford, 1994
Rees, D.W.A. Mechanics ofSolids and Structures. McGraw-Hill,
London, 1990
CE431 Water Engineering 0% u-9
5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
examination 70%, assignments 20%, laboratory work 10%
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
0 bjectives
To enable students to apply principles of hydraulics to the
design of water engineering systems.
Content
Theory
Water supplies: quantity and pressure requirements, supply
mains, balancing storage, reticulation, fire services.
Sewerage reticulation estimation of flow rates, hydraulic
principles, design of sewers.
Stormwater drainage: urban drainage systems, design using
the Rational method and hydraulic grade line, stormwater
detention, pumped storage systems.
Water quality parameters: criteria, types and source of
pollution.
Laboratory work
Water quality experiments to demonstrate:
the meaning of key water-quality parameters
simple procedures suited to field measurement and
monitoring.
Hydraulic experiments to demonstrate the performance of
stormwater structures.
CE438 Environment and Services
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials and practical work, project
sessions Assessment: assignments 40%, examination 60%
Prerquisities: CE236Hydraulics
0 bjectives
To introduce students to environmental concepts, and
natural systems.
To develop an understanding of environmental effects of
pollution, particularly from construction sites, and
appropriate site management.
To develop engineering principles and design applications
relevant to property services.
Content
Introduction to the environment: sustainability and
diversity, ecological systems, natural cycles (e.g. hydrologic
cycle), natural systems (watercourses, atmosphere,
groundwater).
Environmental effects of construction: sources, effects of
erosion and sediments, noise and vibration, and particulates;
standards and regulation; monitoring (with particular
emphasis on water quality).
Property services: drainage, water supply, fire fighting,
sewerage.
Site management: site control and treatment of pollutants.