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2014/15 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE2107 Structural Design of Steel
10 creditsClass Size: 190
Module manager: Dr. K. Tsavdaridis
Email: k.tsavdaridis@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2014/15
Pre-requisites
| CIVE1121 | Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics and Stress Analysis |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be capable of designing structures in steel and understand its structural behaviour.Skills outcomes
- Initiative
- Planning and Organisation
- Time Management
- Use of Knowledge
Syllabus
1. Structural steel: General objectives for design of steel structures;
2. Introduction to Eurocodes;
3. Loads on steel building frames;
4. Floor and cladding systems for steel framed buildings;
5. Plane frame design: fabrication, joints, lateral bracing, collapse mechanisms and analysis. Element 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/congression/local building/LTB);
6. Connection design: shear, shear and torsion connections.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Consultation | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Tutorial | 4 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Private study hours | 71.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 29.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
47 hours reading, 33 hours revisionOpportunities for Formative Feedback
End of topic tests.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course Assessment | Coursework x 2 | 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) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 08/12/2014
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