Overview
Structural Design I is an advanced civil engineering unit that introduces the analysis and design of complex reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. In this unit you will develop knowledge on the state-of-the-art construction materials and design technologies in the context of structural engineering and environmental sustainability. You will be expected to conceptualise the vertical and horizontal load resisting mechanism of concrete structural systems, interpret and apply the relevant Australian Standards and ensure the designed structure/structural components also meet the serviceability and stakeholder requirements. The use of commercial computer software is required to analyse and design these structures. In this unit you will document the processes involved in modelling, analysis, design, and communication; and work and learn, both individually and in teams in a professional manner.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Anti-Requisite: ENEC14014 Structural and Geotechnical Design
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).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Moodle unit evaluation
Concrete and prestress are the best part of this unit.
Glad to note that students enjoyed the content.
Feedback from Moodle unit evaluation
More slides with solved tutorial would be good.
Tutorials were discussed in the class and gave guidance to solve the problems. Lecturers were available to assist if any issue with solving the problems.
- Determine various types of loads acting on a structural system, provide a rationale for load combinations applied and conceptualise the load resisting concrete structural systems
- Formulate, plan, manage and complete projects individually or in teams in an ethical and professional manner considering stakeholder requirements and principals of sustainable development
- Design complex reinforced concrete structural components using appropriate Australian Standards
- Design prestressed concrete structural components using appropriate Australian Standards
- Use appropriate software to analyse and/or design the structural components subjected to different load combinations
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and leadership.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||
| 3 - Examination - 30% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 9 - 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 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 30% | |||||||||
Textbooks
Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete
- 3rd Edition (2018)
- Authors: Yew-Chaye Loo and Sanaul Huq Chowdhury
- Cambridge University Press
- Melbourne Melbourne , VIC , Australia
- ISBN: 9781108405645
- Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Please ensure you will buy updated version (released after 2019 January)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Steel Design Software - SPACEGASS or similar
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
t.suntharavadivel@cqu.edu.au
r.dhanasekar@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 15 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Introduction, general analysis and design requirements for reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the behaviour of RC structural elements under axial, flexural and shear loading
Prestressed Concrete Design
Introduction to PC design - Basic Concepts
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 22 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Flexural Design of RC Beam
Prestressed Concrete Design
Introduction to PC design - Prestressing System
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 29 Jul 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Flexural Design of RC Beam
Prestressed Concrete Design
Design for SLS (Magnel diagram)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 05 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Shear Design of RC Beam
Prestressed Concrete Design
PC Design - Tendon Details
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 12 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Serviceability of RC Beam.
Prestressed Concrete Design
Design for ULS (Moment & Shear)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 19 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 26 Aug 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of RC slab
Prestressed Concrete Design
Losses
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 02 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of RC slab
Prestressed Concrete Design
PC design (Deflection and other checks)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 09 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of RC Column
Prestressed Concrete Design
PC design - End block Design
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 16 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of RC Shallow Foundations
Prestressed Concrete Design
PC design - Other considerations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 23 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Reinforced Concrete Design
Concrete Technology
Prestressed Concrete Design
PC design - External Post-tensioning
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 30 Sep 2019Module/Topic
Content Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 07 Oct 2019Module/Topic
Content Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Oct 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 21 Oct 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Please read ENEC20001: General Information available on the unit website.
Due to the multi-campus delivery of the unit, Workshop timetable will be available from the unit website separately.
1 Written Assessment
This assessment task consists of four Progressive Assessments in the form of in-class assessment. Each Assessment consists of a number of numerical/explanation-type questions.
Important Notes:
- Each Assessment is set for 60-120 minutes, depends on the content. You will get the information about the date and duration of the assessment from the Moodle site in Week 1.
- Assessment should be completed during the allocated time (usually during the tutorial time).
- Assessments cannot be deferred.
Please see the Moodle Site
In 2 weeks
Each question will be assessed for the criterion accuracy and correct answers.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified and explained
- Correct results/explanation
- Determine various types of loads acting on a structural system, provide a rationale for load combinations applied and conceptualise the load resisting concrete structural systems
- Formulate, plan, manage and complete projects individually or in teams in an ethical and professional manner considering stakeholder requirements and principals of sustainable development
- Design complex reinforced concrete structural components using appropriate Australian Standards
- Use appropriate software to analyse and/or design the structural components subjected to different load combinations
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and leadership.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Written Assessment
This assessment is a Team project and students will work in a small team to solve a complex design task.
Important Notes:
- Each team must submit a separate report.
- Students also will be invited for a viva at the end of the term.
- Viva cannot be deferred/declined. Failure to attend the viva will be considered as Fail in this assessment.
Week 10 Wednesday (25 Sept 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Thursday (10 Oct 2019)
Grades for the assessment will be determined based on the evidence and substantiation of attainment of the Learning Outcomes.
After submission of the team project report, a short interview (viva) may be scheduled for each student. Students must be prepared to answer any questions raised by the facilitator/lecturer. The questions will be based on their individual achievement/work and the work the team has produced. The interview may also be used as an assessment tool and unsatisfactory performance during the interview may affect the grade.
The omission of any of the required items as specified in the Project Brief will automatically result in a Fail grade.
Students will receive feedback after two weeks of the interview.
Individual Student's Grade:
Initially, team submission will be assessed and a grade will be given for each team. Then individual grade will be determined based on their contribution and performance during the viva. Each student's contribution will be determined by peer assessment. It is possible that individual grade can be higher than team marks, but capped at maximum marks for the assessment.
Example: Individual contributions of 3 students in Team A are given below. This Team A received 32 marks (out of 35) for their project report.
M1 - 30%; M2 - 33%; M3 - 37% (Total 100%)
Based on the contribution, Individual marks are given as follow.
M1 = 32x (30/33.3) = 28.8 (out of 35)
M2 = 32 x (33/33.3) = 31.7 (out of 35)
M3 = 32 x (37/33.3) = 35.0 (out of 35)
If the performance in the viva is not at the satisfactory level, the above individual marks will be multiplied by 0.5 and given as final marks for this assessment item.
- Determine various types of loads acting on a structural system, provide a rationale for load combinations applied and conceptualise the load resisting concrete structural systems
- Formulate, plan, manage and complete projects individually or in teams in an ethical and professional manner considering stakeholder requirements and principals of sustainable development
- Design prestressed concrete structural components using appropriate Australian Standards
- Use appropriate software to analyse and/or design the structural components subjected to different load combinations
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and leadership.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Examination
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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.
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