Undergraduate Course: Structural Mechanics 2B (CIVE08010)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Civil |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course build upon the basic principles of structural mechanics learnt in Structural Mechanics 2A. It investigates more complex types of structure, and focuses upon structural mechanics in a civil engineering context. The course describes the behaviour of beams under complex and combined loads (including moving loads), the 2D mechanics of materials, the buckling of simple columns, introduces elasto-plastic and plastic sectional analysis, and introduces the analysis of indeterminate structures. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Can only be taken by visiting students who have also attended "U00460: Structural Mechanics 2A" in semester 1 |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | SM2B Lab | 2-11 | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | | or 14:00 - 17:00 | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | SM2B Tutorials | 2-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | or 11:10 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 10:00 - 10:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 1, Sanderson Building |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | 12 sides / 2 x graph | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | 12 sides / 2 x graph | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the student should be able to:
- determine the deflected shape of beams under a variety of loads;
- draw simple influence lines for moving loads and moment envelopes due to combinations of loads;
- analyse two dimensional truss structures;
- evaluate how a simple column will buckle under a variety of end restraints, and demonstrate understanding of buckling in real structures;
- understand the concept of structural redundancy, and analyse simple statically indeterminate structures using the principle of superposition;
- determine the behaviour of elastic materials subjected to two-dimensional stress states, including the 2D elastic constitutive relationships and Mohr&©s Circle for stress and strain transformation in 2D; and
- apply the von Mises and Tresca yield criteria for 2D and 3D stress conditions. |
Assessment Information
85% exam (1.5 hours)
15% coursework (laboratory)
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Alternative coverage of course material:
- J.M. Gere, "Mechanics of Materials", 6th Edition, Thomson.
- R.C.Hibbeler, &«Mechanics of Materials&ª, 6th Edition, Pearson Education.
- M.S. Williams and J.D. Todd, &«Structures, Theory and Analysis&ª MacMillan Press.
- T. H. G. Megson, &«Structural and Stress Analysis&ª, Butterworth-Heinemann.
Further reading:
- J.E. Gordon, &«Structures, or why things don&©t fall down&ª, Penguin Books (1991).
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Timothy Stratford
Tel: (0131 6)50 5722
Email: tim.stratford@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: Sharon.Potter@ed.ac.uk |
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