Undergraduate Course: Advanced Structural Engineering Project 4 (CIVE11011)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Civil |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course is project based. The project is based on the taught finite element analysis course. The brief includes appropriate starting references and students are required to study individually using the internet, the library and any other available source information to accomplish the specified task.
The course focuses on the use of linear elastic finite element analysis to study the stress patterns in a structural system with some complexity, involving conditions which cannot be easily study predicted using hand calculations. The analysis must not only be shown to be a satisfactory model for the problem, but the results must be interpreted in a satisfactory manner considering the limit state for which the structure is being designed. The student must thus display an understanding of the ways in which elastic analyses may be used as analogies or lower bound estimates for ultimate limit states which may not be elastic. The study must then be expanded to cover a range of wider issues for which the student is given little guidance. The student must demonstrate an insight into the full range of problems covered. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The course is intended to be undertaken largely by personal study. It requires students to research the subject area sufficiently to enable them to critically evaluate the results of finite element calculations and to identify their shortcomings. |
Assessment Information
| Project report 100% |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Simon Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 7159
Email: Simon.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Helen Bain
Tel: (0131 6)51 7159
Email: v1hbain@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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