Module Outline:

The aims of this module are to lay the foundations in the three main branches of chemistry for all of the subsequent courses in the...

Civil and Environmental Engineering|Structural Engineering|Structural Mechanics

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS|NEWTON’S LAWS|FREE BODY DIAGRAMS|PRINCIPLES OF EQUILIBRIUM|TRUSS|FRAME|

This is an introduction to structural engineering. It teaches students to determine the expected behaviour under loading of several simple yet fundamental...

This is an introduction to structural engineering. It teaches students to determine the expected behaviour under loading of several simple yet fundamental structural typologies such as statistically determinate frames and pin-jointed trusses. The module gives students an appreciation of how structural fit into the bigger picture of civil engineering design and provides them with fundamental tools and knowledge necessary to analyse and design structures.

Learning Outcomes

 

Understand Newton’s laws

Understand principles of equilibrium and draw ‘Free Body Diagrams’

Differentiate between statically determinate and indeterminate structures

Understand the notion of linear elastic behaviour

Understand the behaviour of different structural members and the forces they are subject to

Analyse statistically determinate pin jointed trusses

Calculate and draw shear and bending moment diagrams in statically determinate beams

Calculate stresses in beams due to shear and bending

Calculate the deflection of statically determinate beams

Understand the principle of virtual work

Apply the principle of virtual work to calculate deflection of trusses

Calculate and draw shear and bending moment diagrams in statically determinate frames

Apply the principle of virtual work to calculate deflection of statically determinate frames

Understand the methodology followed in the design of structural members

Understand Elastic Buckling and Euler’s Theory

Urban Investigations is a core module of the MRes in Interdisciplinary Urban Design, and builds upon the wide-ranging research and professional expertise in...