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Core Module Information
Module title: Structural Analysis and Design
SCQF level: 08:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: CTR08601
Module leader: Bernardino D'Amico
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Built Environment
Prerequisites

none
Description of module content:

Analysis:
• Indeterminacy of truss and frame structures
• Method of section/Joint resolution
• Unit load method
• Euler-Bernoulli beam theory
• Bending moment and shear force diagram
• McCaulay’s method
• Moment distribution method – continuous beams
• Moment distribution method – non-sway frame structures
• Introduction to BS EN 1990
• Floor loading
Learning Outcomes for module:

On completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: analyse member forces and calculate the structural deformation of truss structures; LO2 analyse member forces and calculate the structural deformation of frame structures; LO3: understand the structure of Eurocodes;
LO4: calculate the floor loading for typical floor layout
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, Face-to-Face,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Face-to-Face
Location of delivery: MYANMAR
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Bernardino D'Amico
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 20
Face To Face Tutorial 28
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 3
Independent Learning Guided independent study 149
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Report 17 1-2 5 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Report 16 2-3 8 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Report 20 3-4 12 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1-4 14/15 HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 53
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 103
2023/4, Trimester 2, Face-to-Face,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Face-to-Face
Location of delivery: MYANMAR
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Johnson Zhang
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 20
Face To Face Tutorial 28
Independent Learning Guided independent study 149
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 3
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Report 17 1,2 5 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Report 16 2,3 8 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Report 17 3,4 12 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1,2,3,4 14/15 HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100

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