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CIV2503 Structural Design I

Semester 2, 2020 On-campus Springfield
Short Description: Structural Design I
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
Student contribution band : Band 2
ASCED code : 030903 - Structural Engineering
Grading basis : Graded

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: (ENG1100 and MEC2402) or (ENG1100 and CIV1501 for students enrolled in one of the following: BETC Infrastructure Management major or BENS Infrastructure Management Engineering major) or Students must be enrolled in: GCEN or GEPR

Synopsis

Structural design is concerned with buildings and other structures such as bridges. A structural design engineer is required to make decisions about how buildings and other structures will be built such that they will perform satisfactorily and will not rapidly deteriorate, deflect excessively or in the worst event, fall down. The design engineer makes decisions about the general arrangement of the structural members, the materials of which they are made, their size and how they are connected together. Structural designers make use of information about materials and construction processes together with various analytical techniques to assist them in making the correct decisions about how structures should be built. In pre-requisite courses students will have already acquired some of this knowledge. In particular they have learnt how to analyse structures to determine such things as bending moments, deflections and stresses. In this course they will revise, consolidate and extend these topics and use them to assist in the design of structures. The course concentrates on estimating the loads which a structure may be required to carry, designing individual members in steel and timber. Specific code provisions applicable to design of timber and steel together with load estimation are discussed in detail in this course.

Objectives

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. present defining diagrams and associated discussions and/or calculations relating to structural design in a manner that communicates the logic of the underlying phenomena and processes;
  2. map out the major steps in the total design process;
  3. extract separable structural elements from simple buildings and model the supports, restraints, continuity and loading conditions on such elements in terms of line load diagrams;
  4. utilise approximate analysis techniques to determine design load effects on indeterminate structures;
  5. explain the logic behind, and apply limit state design;
  6. use relevant industry standards to evaluate structural engineering loads;
  7. determine approximate member sizes in steel and timber for simple situations;
  8. differentiate the material characteristics of timber from those of steel, and determine timber member sizes to industry standards for tension elements, beams and columns;
  9. determine member sizes to industry standards for structural steel tension elements, pure compression elements, and beams;
  10. explain nominated aspects of relevant national building codes.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Total design process 5.00
2. Structural modelling 5.00
3. Design methods 10.00
4. Use of AS1170 15.00
5. Approximate methods 15.00
6. Timber design 25.00
7. Steel design 25.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=CIV2503)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

You are required to down load the following Australian Standards from the USQ library: AS1170.0, AS1170.1, AS4100 and AS1720.1. (Detailed instruction on how to download these Australian Standards will be available in the Course Introduction Book).

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
Boughton, GN & Crews, KI 1998, Timber design handbook: in accordance with the Australian Limit State Timber Design Code AS 1720.1-1997, Standards Australia, Homebush NSW.
Gorenc, B, Tinyou, R & Syam, A 2012, Steel designers' handbook, 8th edn, 精东传媒app of NSW Press, Sydney, NSW.
Hibbeler, RC 2016, Structural analysis, 9th edn, Pearson Prentice Hall, Singapore.
(SI Units.)
Trahair, NS & Bradford, MA 1998, The behaviour and design of steel structures to AS4100, 3rd edn, Taylor & Francis, New York.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Assessments 40.00
Examinations 2.00
Lectures 26.00
Private 精东传媒app 61.00
Tutorials 26.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Objectives Assessed Notes
ASSIGNMENT 1 250 25 27 Aug 2020 1,3,4,5,6 (see note 1)
ASSIGNMENT 2 250 25 29 Sep 2020 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 (see note 2)
Online Exam 500 50 End S2 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 (see note 3)

Notes
  1. This will be an open examination. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via 精东传媒appDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the official Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
    To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.

    Requirements after S2 2020:
    To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks or a grade of at least C-. (Depending upon the requirements in Statement 4 below, students may not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to receive a passing grade in this course.)

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.

    Requirements after S2 2020:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), and have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the weighted marks available for that assessment item.

    Supplementary assessment may be offered where a student has undertaken all of the required summative assessment items and has passed the Primary Hurdle but failed to satisfy the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), or has satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised) but failed to achieve a passing Final Grade by 5% or less of the total weighted Marks.

    To be awarded a passing grade for a supplementary assessment item (if applicable), a student must achieve at least 50% of the available marks for the supplementary assessment item as per the Assessment Procedure (point 4.4.2).

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the weighted aggregate of the marks (or grades) obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.

  6. Examination information:
    In a Restricted Examination, candidates are allowed access to specific materials during the examination. The only materials that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are:
    • Writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination);
    • AS/NZS 1170 - Structural design actions, AS 1720.1 - Timber structures and AS 4100 - Steel structures;
    • Calculators which cannot hold textual information (students must indicate on their examination paper the make and model of any calculator(s) they use during the examination);
    • Translation dictionary. Students whose first language is not English may take an appropriate non- electronic translation dictionary into the examination. This will be subject to perusal and, if it is found to contain annotations or markings that could give the candidate an unfair advantage, it may be removed from the candidate's possession until the appropriate disciplinary action is completed;


  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
    An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.

    Requirements after S2 2020:
    Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.

  8. 精东传媒app Student Policies:
    Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .

Assessment notes

  1. The due date for an assignment is the date by which a student must despatch the assignment to the USQ. The onus is on the student to provide proof of the despatch date, if requested by the Examiner.

  2. Students must retain a copy of each item submitted for assessment. This must be despatched to USQ within 24 hours if required by the Examiner.

  3. In accordance with 精东传媒app Policy, the Examiner may grant an extension of the due date of an assignment in extenuating circumstances.

  4. If electronic submission of assessments is specified for the course, students will be notified of this in the course Introductory Book and on the USQ 精东传媒app Desk. All required electronic submission must be made through the Assignment Drop Box located on the USQ 精东传媒app Desk for the course, unless directed otherwise by the examiner of the course. The due date for an electronically submitted assessment is the date by which a student must electronically submit the assignment. The assignment files must be submitted by 11.55pm on the due date using USQ time (as displayed on the clock on the course home page; that is, Australian Eastern Standard Time).

  5. If the method of assessment submission is by written, typed or printed paper-based media students should (i) submit to the Faculty Office for students enrolled in the course in the on-campus mode, or (ii) mail to the USQ for students enrolled in the course in the external mode. The due date for the assessment is the date by which a student must (i) submit the assessment for students enrolled in the on-campus mode, or (ii) mail the assessment for students enrolled in the external mode.

  6. The Faculty will NOT normally accept submission of assessments by facsimile or email.

  7. Students who do not have regular access to postal services for the submission of paper-based assessments, or regular access to Internet services for electronic submission, or are otherwise disadvantaged by these regulations may be given special consideration. They should contact the examiner of the course to negotiate such special arrangements prior to the submission date.

  8. Students who have undertaken all of the required assessments in a course but who have failed to meet some of the specified objectives of a course within the normally prescribed time may be awarded one of the temporary grades: IM (Incomplete - Make up), IS (Incomplete - Supplementary Examination) or ISM (Incomplete -Supplementary Examination and Make up). A temporary grade will only be awarded when, in the opinion of the examiner, a student will be able to achieve the remaining objectives of the course after a period of non directed personal study.

  9. Students who, for medical, family/personal, or employment-related reasons, are unable to complete an assignment or to sit for an examination at the scheduled time may apply to defer an assessment in a course. Such a request must be accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation. One of the following temporary grades may be awarded IDS (Incomplete - Deferred Examination; IDM (Incomplete Deferred Make-up); IDB (Incomplete - Both Deferred Examination and Deferred Make-up).

  10. Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide.


Date printed 6 November 2020