2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE2150 Structural Design 1
20 creditsClass Size: 160
Module manager: Professor John Forth
Email: j.p.forth@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
Pre-requisite qualifications
Pass at Level 1Module replaces
CIVE2103 and CIVE2107This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
-have a basic understanding of structural form in relation to reinforced concrete steel buildings and have a knowledge of various floor systems;- have an understanding of Limit State Design Philosophy
- be able to design reinforced concrete elements (slabs, beams and columns) from first principles and structural steel elements for flexure, shear and axial loads (ULS);
- be able to check Serviceability (i.e. cracking and deflection - SLS) based on empirical rules;
- be able to design for continuity in reinforced concrete structures and connections in steel structures
- be aware of the following requirements - stability and robustness, practical issues and codes of practice (to be covered in more detail in semester 2 re CIVE2701 Integrated Design Project).
capable of designing structures in steel and understand its structural behaviour.
Skills outcomes
- Flexibility
- Independent Working
- Intiative
- Planning and Organisation
- Professionalism
- Self Awareness
- Team Working
- Time Management
- Use Knowledge
Syllabus
Introduction to Eurocodes (Limit state design philosophy)
Introduction to Safety, Stability and Robustness, Practical Design and the use of Codes of Practice (covered in more detail in semester 2 re CIVE2701 Integrated Design Project)
- Design of Reinforced Concrete Elements
- Introduction to reinforced concrete structures, types of slabs, beams and columns
- Stress/strain properties for concrete and reinforcement
- Design for flexure including moment curvature, ductility and redistribution of bending moments
- Empirical methods for checking Serviceability (ie cracking and deflection). Design of shear reinforcement
- Design of columns for axial load and bending moment
- Structural steel: General objectives for design of steel structures;
- Introduction to Eurocodes and Eurocode 3;
- Loads on steel building frames;
- Floor and cladding systems for steel framed buildings;
- Elementary structural desing: fabrication, joints, lateral bracing, collapse mechanisms and analysis;
- Elementary structural design: classification of steel sections; design and basis of capacity checks for struts and ties, trusses, restrained and unrestrained beams, columns and axial column with moments (tension/local building/LTB);
- Connection design: shear, shear and torsion connections.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Consultation | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Lecture | 44 | 1.00 | 44.00 |
| Practical | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Seminar | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Tutorial | 4 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Private study hours | 138.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 62.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Problem sheets and individual consultationMethods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Practical | . | 0.00 |
| Problem Sheet | 2 Problem Sheets | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Re-sit: Exam only.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/04/2015
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