Unit Code:	CIV2ST1
Unit Short Title:	STRUCTURES 1
Credit Points:	15.0
Unit Description:	Topics: concepts of structural mechanics as a component of understanding structural behaviour in basic structural design principles and methods with particular application to steel and timber. Structural mechanics examines topics such as stress and strain, transformation of stress and strain in two dimensions, principal stresses and strains, Mohr's circle, stress-strain relationships, linear and non-linear behaviour, deflections of beams, strain energy, energy theorems, the behaviour of short and long columns, buckling, introduction to elastic-plastic analysis. Design component examines limit states design philosophy, loads (dead, live, wind and earthquake), steel and timber beams with and without lateral restraint, steel and timber columns with and without lateral restraints and tension members.
Prerequisites:	PHY1MS
Class Requirements:	Four 1-hour lectures and two 1-hour tutorials per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
two 2.0-hour examinations	70
six assignments (calculation-based) equivalent to 500 words	30

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Prescribed	Steel Designers Handbook	Gorenc, B., Tinyou, R. and Syam, A.(2005)	7th ed, NSW University Press.
Prescribed	Mechanics of Materials	Hibbleler	7th ed. Pearson
Prescribed	Structures	Schodek, D.	6th ed, Prentice Hall.

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   02-MAR-09   05-JUN-09	Day	BENDIGO

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Joe	Petrolito	BENDIGO	Y