Design of structures
A Holgate
4 points * 26 tutorials * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV1210
General: structural systems and loads; limit-state design philosophy. Steel: tension members; laterally supported beams; axially-loaded columns; connections. Reinforced concrete: properties of concrete and reinforcement; service load behaviour; ultimate flexural strength of rectangular beams, tee beams, and slabs.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 80% * Practical work: 20%
Prescribed texts
Darvall P LeP Reinforced and prestressed concrete Macmillan, 1987
Holgate A Lecture notes for CIV2260 Dept Civil Engineering, Monash U, 1995
Standards Australia AS3600 Concrete structures code Standards Australia, 1988
Standards Australia AS1170 Loading code Parts I and II, Standards Australia, 1989
Standards Australia AS4100 Steel structures code Standards Australia, 1990
Trahair N S and Bradford M A The behaviour and design of steel structures 2nd edn, Chapman and Hall, 1988
Warner R F and others Reinforced concrete 3rd edn, Longman Cheshire, 1989
Recommended texts
Holgate A The art in structural design OUP, 1986