Overview
This unit develops an understanding of: structural drawings and computational methods associated with timber, reinforced concrete and steel structures; design processes for timber structures including: beams, columns, tension members, compression members and connections; design processes for reinforced concrete structures including; approximate analysis and sizing of members; singly reinforced beams; doubly reinforced beams; T beams; L beams; One-way slabs; Two-way slabs; columns-short and long; footings; design process for steel structures including approximate sizing of beams and columns, tension members, compressing members, beams, columns-short and long, stiffeners and connections.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites - BLAR11032
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluation via Moodle
Very well set out and delivered. Great use of resources. The unit was well formatted with a clear and logical progression. Lecturer was good and provided a good understanding of the unit content.
Good to know the content and resources were useful towards learning progress and knowledge development.
Feedback from Unit evaluation via Moodle
I struggled with maths and one-to-one Zoom session helped. At the end understood the content well, maybe it is my own confidence issues.
Thanks for the feedback. Nice to see Lecturer helped the student/s to his level best.
- Describe structural analysis processes.
- Analyse statically indeterminate structures by both rigorous and approximate methods.
- Perform preliminary designs for structures and also sizing and design of simple structural members in buildings
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Understanding Structures
Edition: 5th (2014)
Authors: Seward, D
Palgrave Macmillan
Basingstoke Basingstoke , Hampshire , UK
ISBN: 1137376562
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Access to printer and scanner
- Computer headset (microphone speaker combo)
- MS Office or equivalent software
- Web camera (webcam)
- MS Teams
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Module/Topic
Structural analysis processes: an overview of the design of multi cell buildings
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle unit site for additional information.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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The analysis of indeterminate structures
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Combined stress analysis and limit state philosophies
Design of timber structures (start)
Chapter
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Design of timber structures (continued)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of timber structures (finish)
Design of concrete structures (start)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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No scheduled class
Chapter
Consider using this week to work on an assessment or take a wellness break.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of concrete structures (continued)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of concrete structures (continued)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of concrete structures (finish)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of steel structures (start)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of steel structures (continued)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design of steel structures (finish)
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Professional practice: the future
Chapter
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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No class
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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No exam for this unit.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This assessment aligns to learning outcomes 1 to 4. Assessment 1 requires you to research and answer questions exploring the theory and analysis of common building structures.
Vacation Week Monday (8 Apr 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page.
Week 7 Monday (22 Apr 2024)
Review of the assessment will be returned within two weeks of the submission due date.
(5%) Presentation and layout—includes the selection of typeface, written and general appearance, detail and quality of the assessment submission.
(90%) Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of information, application of knowledge, language and grammar used in answering questions, and proper referencing of sources of information, equations, images, data and tables used in the assessment submission.
(5%) Referencing - demonstrating compliance with the CQU Harvard Referencing Guide.
- Describe structural analysis processes.
- Analyse statically indeterminate structures by both rigorous and approximate methods.
- Perform preliminary designs for structures and also sizing and design of simple structural members in buildings
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assessment aligns to learning outcomes 1,3 and 4. Assessment 2 requires you to research and answer questions exploring the theory and design of structural elements.
Week 9 Monday (6 May 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page.
Week 11 Monday (20 May 2024)
Review of the assessment will be returned within two weeks of the submission due date.
(5%) Presentation and layout—includes the selection of typeface, written and general appearance, detail and quality of the assessment submission.
(90%) Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of information, application of knowledge, language and grammar used in answering questions, and proper referencing of sources of information, equations, images, data and tables used in the assessment submission.
(5%) Referencing - demonstrating compliance with the CQU Harvard Referencing Guide.
- Describe structural analysis processes.
- Perform preliminary designs for structures and also sizing and design of simple structural members in buildings
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This assessment aligns to learning outcomes 3 and 4. Assessment 3 requires you to research and answer questions exploring the theory and design of structural members.
Review/Exam Week Monday (3 June 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page.
Before the certification of grades.
(5%) Presentation and layout—includes the selection of typeface, written and general appearance, detail and quality of the assessment submission.
(90%) Content—includes the accuracy and relevance of information, application of knowledge, language and grammar used in answering questions, and proper referencing of sources of information, equations, images, data and tables used in the assessment submission.
(5%) Referencing - demonstrating compliance with the CQU Harvard Referencing Guide.
- Perform preliminary designs for structures and also sizing and design of simple structural members in buildings
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
