Module ENGI4141: CIVIL DESIGN AND MATERIALS

Department: Engineering

ENGI4141: CIVIL DESIGN AND MATERIALS

Prerequisites

• ENGI3341 Environmental Engineering ENGI3311 Soil Engineering ENGI3301 Structures and Surveying ENGI3411 Applied Mechanics ENGI3381 Design and Management for Civil Engineering ENGI3401 Civil Design

Corequisites

Excluded Combination of Modules

Aims

• This module is for students intending to fulfil the requirements of the M.Eng. stream in Civil Engineering (H200).
• The module will provide graduates with advanced knowledge and understanding of structural design and analytical methods as applied to civil engineering.
• This module is complemented by the 60 credit MEng Research and Development project module where the final year MEng student has the opportunity to apply the material taught in this module in a large scale project.
• The module provides a firm foundation for a career in Civil or Structural Engineering through an appropriate combination of core courses.

Content

• Virtual work collapse loads of portal frames, pitched portals, multi-storey and multi-bay frames. Combinations of mechanisms, bending moments and reactions.
• Yield line patterns and collapse mechanisms of simple plates. Top and bottom reinforcement design. Point and distributed loads.
• Cement manufacture, cement replacements, mix design, admixtures and durability issues.
• Steel corrosion.
• Fire resistance.
• Techniques for prestressing.
• Serviceability and ultimate limit state design of prestressed concrete beams
• Weighted residual approach to produce FEA models
• Theory of 8- and 20-noded hexahedral isoparametric finite elements
• Finite element error analysis
• Newton-Raphson scheme for non-linear analysis
• Use of finite element programs
• Advanced constitutive models for geotechnics and structures
• Finite element modelling of soil-structure interaction

Learning Outcomes

• Ability to identify critical collapse loads of ductile frames and to calculate bending moment and reactions.
• Ability to design pre-stressed concrete beams for bending and shear.
• Ability to understand the strengths and weaknesses of civil engineering materials
• An understanding of weighted residual approaches to development of the finite element method.
• An understanding of the fundamentals of modern computational techniques for static stress analysis, and an appreciation of their capabilities and limitations.
• An understanding of techniques for non-linear analysis in static stress analysis.
• Ability to understand the features of advanced constitutive models for engineering materials
• Ability to model soil-structure interaction problems using finite element methods

• An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practises along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
• An appreciation of the influence of material behaviour on design methods.
• To use effectively specialised, advanced computational tools and packages for the analysis of stress problems.
• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.

• Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
• Highly specialised numerical skills appropriate to an engineer
• Highly specialised use of information technology (IT) relevant to the engineering profession.
• Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The courses in Civil Design and Materials are covered in lectures, and are reinforced by computing seminars and problem sheets, leading to the required problem solving capability.
• Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis.
• Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.
• The written examinations are supplemented by written coursework assignments based upon computational work. These written assignments provide the mechanism for the assessment of a student's ability to perform independent investigation, analysis and reporting.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University