1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

CE516 Structural Engineering
lMaior Elective)
9 credit poi& j hours per wiek Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments/laboratory
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
Objectives
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
dynamiics, 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., fibration of Structures Applications in Civil
Engineering Design. London, New York, Chapman and Hall,
1988
CE533 Water Engineering (Minor Elective)
6 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: examination 60%, assignments 40%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
Objectives
To extend students' knowledge and skills into unsteady,
non-uniform flow phenomena. On completion, students
should be able to apply these principles to the solution of
practical problems.
Content
Flood estimation methods, flood routing through reservoirs
and retarding storages, streamflow routing, graphical
methods, application of computers in analysis and design.
Urban drainage major and minor systems, hydrologic and
hydraulic performance of drainage systems for varying
treatments, effects of urban redevelopment, on-site
stormwater detention.
Underground water supplies steady state hydraulics, safe
yield, artificial recharge, coastal groundwater hydrodynamics,
non-steady state hydraulics. Theis' solution,
degradation of arable lands by saline groundwater intrusion.
CE553 Structural Design (Minor Elective)
6 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: examination 60%, assignments 40%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
Objectives
To extend students' knowledge and skills into structural
design of special engineering structures.
Content
A selection of more advanced structural design projects
chosen to emphasise the intepretation of current design
codes and current design practices.
CE555 Civil Design
14.5 creditpoints 5 hoursper week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments 100%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
Objectives
To develop students' abilities to synthesise knowledge in a
practical design situation.
Content
Projects will involve medium scale developments. Initially
project feasibility is considered including its environmental
and social impact. It is followed by design computations and
drawings in fields of hydraulics, transport, structures and
construction practice.
CE560 Environmental Engineering and
Planning
7.5 credit points 6 hours per week Hawthorn
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Content
The hydrologic cycle. Rainfall measurement. Run-off
processes.
Introduction to drainage system design. Open channel flow,
estimation of total and peak flows.
Treatment processes for drinking water, swimming pools
and spa baths. Impurities in natural waters. Testing
methods. Water quality standards.
Soil classification systems including laboratory and field
identification and classification. Soil permeability and
ground water flow.
Solid waste treatment and disposal. Recycling. Sewage
treatment processes. The decay cycle. Primary, secondary
and tertiary treatment. Sewage treatment plants. Lagoon
systems.
Introduction to land use planning with particular emphasis
on the role of the environmental health officer.
Structure and process of planning in Victoria including
neighbourhood and regional planning.
Planning scheme surveys including environmental impact
assessments.