MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

CIV2260

Design of structures

A Holgate

Objectives A knowledge of the criteria governing design of structures and of steel and concrete as construction materials. An understanding of the behaviour of basic steel and concrete members. An ability to choose appropriate sizes for simple members in steel and concrete and bolt and weld sizes for simple connections in steel.

Synopsis 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