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Unit Synopsis
This unit is a basic introduction to structural design that develops students understanding of the design process and equips students to prepare simple designs under supervision of a professional engineer. It builds on structural analysis skills developed in Applied Structural Analysis. The unit presents the structural properties of steel and concrete. Students design simple reinforced concrete and steel members and structural connections to meet strength and serviceability requirements and provide clear documentation of their analysis and design. Students are required to communicate, work and learn, both individually and in teams in a professional manner. Distance education (FLEX) students will be required to have access to a computer, and make frequent use of the Internet.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prereq: ENAC12003 Applied Structural Analysis or ENEG11006 Engineering Statics 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 35% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 35% |
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%).
Past Exams
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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.
Source: Students Feedback
Well-delivered unit with appropriate support is given by the lecturer.
The best practice should be continued in future offers.
In Progress
Source: Self Reflection
Unit resources required a full update with recent changes and amendments in the AS3600 and AS4100.
Unit resources should be updated to reflect recent changes and amendments to AS3600 and AS4100 as necessary.
In Progress
Source: Unit Evaluation
Provide the updated tables of the steel structural products properties, as on the internet, it is difficult to find the latest ones
Due to copyright limitations, this resource will be provided to students via a direct link. It is also expected that the CQUni Library will transition to a fully digital format from 2025, which may help resolve this issue.
Action completed.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Overall, the unit was well delivered.
This practice will be continued in future offerings as well.
Action completed, and the satisfaction has improved from 2024.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe process for the design of safe and serviceable structures and the roles and responsibilities of those involved. [1-4]
- Describe the basic structural properties of concrete, reinforcing steels and structural steel. [1-4]
- Design steel and reinforced concrete flexural members [1-4].
- Design steel tension members and short columns of steel and reinforced concrete, and describe the design procedure for slender column design. [1-4]
- Design members subjected to combined actions. [1-4]
- Design structural connections. [1-4]
- Design of structures to meet serviceability requirement include durability, fire resistance, limiting deflection, constructability and demolition/ recycling. [1-4]
- Produce engineering documentation of structural analyses and designs. [1-4]
- Communicate, work and learn, both individually and in teams in a professional manner. [2, 6, 9, 10]
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| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
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