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Topics

1. Review of statics 2. Analysis of statically determinate trusses, beams, frames, cables and arches 3. Deflections using double integration, moment-area, conjugate beam and virtual work methods 4. Analysis of statically indeterminate beams, frames and trusses by the force method 5. Displacement method of analysis: Slope deflection equations and moment… For more content click the Read More button below.

Availability

Springfield

Toowoomba

Course Contacts

Karu Karunasena

Sourish Banerjee

Assessments

ASSIGNMENT 1

Open Online Exam

Time limited online examinatn

ASSIGNMENT 2

Report

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
1.
identify, formulate and solve structural engineering problems;
2.
analyse forces in statically determinate trusses, beams, frames, cables and arches;
3.
calculate deflections using classical methods;
4.
analyse forces in statically indeterminate structures by the force method;
5.
determine displacements and forces in statically determinate or indeterminate beams and frames using the displacement methods of analysis;
6.
solve a variety of truss, beam and frame problems using the stiffness method;
7.
use structural analysis software packages to solve truss, beam and frame problems;
8.
understand the fundamentals of the finite element method;
9.
model and analyse a given structure and check results.

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