421-411 Concrete Theory & Design

Credit Points

6.25

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr H Goldsworthy

Prerequisites

421-307 Structural Engineering 1

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Eight hours of lectures, three hours of tutorials, 12 hours of supervised design sessions and a 1-hour practical

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this unit students should have developed advanced skills enabling them to analyse and design reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

Topics include idealised frame method of slab design; flat plates and slabs; punching shear; partially pre-stressed beams and slabs; and major design project.

Assessment

One written examination of two hours duration (70%). Design project of approximately 15 pages (25%) and practical report (5%).



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