421-411 Concrete Theory & Design

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421-411 Concrete Theory & Design
Credit Points	6.25
Coordinator	Dr H Goldsworthy
Prerequisites	421-307 Structural Engineering 1.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Twelve hours of lectures, 3 hours of tutorials, 1 hour practical and 8 hours of supervised design sessions
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.
Generic Skills	ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution ability to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, capacity to do so capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning
Assessment	One written 2-hour end of semester examination (70%). Design project of approximately 15 pages (25%) and practical report (5%).

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