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analysis and design of elements and connections.
Design in timber and masonry: design of timber structures;
nailed and bolted connections; glulam and LVL members;
joint displacements; plate connectors and multi-nail
connections; masonry design; plain and reinforced walls and
columns subject to vertical and lateral loads.
Recommended reading
Woolcock, S.T., Kitipornchai, S., Bradford, M.A. Limit state
design ofportal frame buildings. 2nd edn, AISC, Sydney, 1993
Nicholson, R.A. Timber Engineering - A Compendium of Notes
and Design Examples in Timber. Swinburne Press, Hawthorn,
1993
Lawrence, S.J., Page, A.W., Baker, L.R. (Editor). Australian
Masonry Manual. Deakin University Press, Victoria, 1991
Holmes, J.W., Melbourne, W.H., Walker, G.R. A Commentary
on the Australian Standard for Wind Loads. Australian Wind
Engineering Society, 1990
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CE516 Structural Engineering (~ajoi-ectve)
9 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments/laboratory
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
0 b jectives
To broaden the students' understanding of the theory of
structural behaviour and to consider some advanced topics
in structural engineering.
Content
Energy methods in structural analysis work and energy,
principle of virtual work, theorem of minimum potential
energy, reciprocal theorems. Applications to buckling
problems.
The behaviour of plates and shells; yield line theory and
strip methods.
Advanced topics of structural engineering; structural
dynarniics, earthquake loading and analysis, fire engineering,
floor systems, reinforcing systems, prestressing systems,
foundation design, special structural forms.
Recommended reading
Chajes, A., Principles of Structural Stability Theory. Englewood
Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1974
Gordon, J.E., Structures or, Why Things Don't Fall Down. New
York, Plenum Press, 1978
Smith, J.W., Vibration of Structures Applications in Civil
Engzneering Design. London, New York, Chapman and Hall,
1988
CE518 Structural Engineering 2
10 credit points 4.5 hoursper week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: assignments 40%,
examination 60% Prerequisite: CE488Geomechanics and
Structures
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
0 bjectives
To broaden the understanding of the theory of structural
behaviour and to consider some advanced topics in
structural engineering. In particular to introduce aspects of
structural dynamics, fire engineering and earthquake
engineering and to enable the student to select and design
foundations for heavily loaded structures.
Content
Introduction to structural dynamics: free and forced
vibration of one degree-of-freedom systems; response
spectra; analysis of multi degree-of-freedom systems;
foundations for vibrating machinery.
Fire engineering: fire loads and containment; performance
of structural materials; elements and systems under fire
conditions; methods of providing fire resistance.
Earthquake engineering: general principles; static analysis -
determination and distribution of lateral forces; . desien ., of
earthquake resistant structures: effect of earthquakes on
deep foundations; magnification of earthquake loads due to
soft soils.
Recommended reading
Smith, J.W. Vibration of Structures. Chapman and Hall, London,
1988
Irvine, H.M. Structural Dynamics for the Practising Engineer.
Unwin Hyman, London, 1986
Craig, R.F. Soil Mechanics. 4th edn, Van Nostrand Reinhold, UK,
1987
Das, B.M. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering. 3rd edn, PWS,
Boston, 1994
Goodman, R.E. Introduction to Rock Mechanics. 2nd edn, Wiley,
1989
CE519 Structural Mechanics 2
10 credit points 4.5 hoursper week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: assignments 30%,
examination 70% Prerequisite: CE488 Geomechanics and
Structures
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Obiectives
To broaden the understanding of the theory of structural
mechanics and to consider some advanced topics in
structural engineering. In particular to introduce aspects of
structural stability, the finite element method, the theory of
plates and shells and tension structures.
To enable the student to appreciate the interaction of
structure-foundation-subgrade, and to allow the student to
undertake the design of foundations.
Content
Methods of structural analysis: first order linear and second
order analysis with particular reference to codes of practice.
Elastic stability of frames: stability functions, geometric
stiffness matrix.
The finite element method in structural engineering: general
formulation of an element stiffness matrix: the CST element
and higher order elements; applications.
The behaviour of ~lates and shells: introduction to elastic
theory; plastic analysis by yield line theory and strip
methods.
Tension structures: introduction to cables and membranes.
Foundations for structures: structure-foundation
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