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CIV3221 · Monash University

Building structures and technology

Credit points
6
Level
3
Workload
≈ 12 h / week
Faculty
Engineering

What it covers

Loads and load paths for multi-storey building structures, including wind load. Design of composite steel-concrete floor systems, beam-columns and footings. Appropriate structural analysis manual techniques for the determination of forces and displacements in structures. Relationship between structural analysis software and these manual techniques. Emphasis on performance issues for buildings, including both strength and deflection.

Assessment

TaskTypeWeight
Project: Stage 2hurdleProject25%
Final assessmenthurdleExamination60%
Project: Stage 1hurdleProject10%
Practice problems: Sets 1 to 5hurdleExercise5%

Hurdle tasks must be passed regardless of your overall mark.

When and where

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterClaytonOn-campus
MalaysiaOn-campus