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CIVL9511: Basics of Integrated Building Engineering
Students will gain insight into the framework that underpins integrated engineering principles applied for the design of structures and buildings. The Unit of Study is articulated in the following three components. In the initial part of this Unit of Study, students will be exposed to selected case studies that highlight the engineering design requirements, including serviceability and limit state design criteria, that buildings of different structural typologies and construction materials need to satisfy. Case studies considered are representative of current trends in the construction sector. In the second part of the Unit of Study, students will be introduced to typical engineering design methodologies and how these vary depending on the level of sophistication required in the analysis and design, and on the expected design and construction phases of a project. Particular attention will be devoted to concrete, steel and modular construction. Optimisation techniques will be introduced and applied in the third part of the Unit of Study to simple geometries to explore the effects of different design parameters and to identify suitable integrated engineering designs among available solutions.
| Code | CIVL9511 |
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| Academic unit | Civil Engineering |
| Credit points | 6 |
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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| Assumed knowledge:
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CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering and CIVL2110 Materials and CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics and MATH2061 Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate written, oral and graphical communication skills at professional engineering standard including capacity to justify an engineering position.
- LO2. Develop team skills through the completion of a project-based assignment
- LO3. Evaluate & synthesise a wide range of resources demonstrating research skills & ability to work across disciplines
- LO4. Design of building components based on integrated design approach
- LO5. Carry out analysis of building components to determine their performance from a structural and thermal viewpoint as well as to evaluate their functionalities
- LO6. Perform optimisation analysis to identify better performing designs among available options
- LO7. Evaluate and compare the results of computer analyses with those obtained by hand calculations
- LO8. Address complex problems requiring interdisciplinary approaches amd solutions
- LO9. Apply the fundamental methods of analysis
- LO10. Derive analytical solutions for simple scenarios related to building components
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