CIVL6170
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course covers the structural design of steel members and connections. Topics include design loads and the structural design of steel beams, columns, tension members, and bolted and welded connections.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Evaluate wind loads as per the Australian Standards for steel framed structures
2. Optimise structural steel sizes in simple and complex structures
3. Demonstrate an advanced level of steel design skills
Content
- Limit states and design loading
- Outline of types of steel and steel structures
- Methods of structural analysis
- Flexural members (ie, beams)
- Columns (ie, compression members)
- Tension members
- Combined actions (ie, beams/columns)
- Bolted, pinned and welded connections
- Composite beams
- Example design drawings and steel schedule
Requisite
This course has similar content to CIVL3170. If you have completed CIVL3170, you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
Content from CIVL2130 Theory of Structures 1 including:
Basic assumptions of theory of structures: ideal materials and small deflections
Stress, strain, extension of bars
Bending moment and shear force diagrams for simple frames
Properties of areas
Stresses due to bending: normal and shear
Beam deflection
Stability: column buckling
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Design Actions Assignment
Written Assignment: Portal Frame Design Project
Formal Examination: Final Exam
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Course outline
- CIVL6170 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 235.0 KB)
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