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Course description

This course will be offered from Semester 1, 2023. This course builds on previous courses to introduce students to real structures as assemblies of members and elements, including how they are connected. Types of loading, the probabilistic basis for both self-weight and applied loading and the concept of design limit states will lead to calculation of loading for stability, strength & serviceability limit states, based on Australian Standards. The concept of load paths and the requirement for stability, strength and stiffness for both braced and un-braced (sway) framed structures is introduced. This knowledge will be applied to the design of simple steel frames, to calculate member sizes or capacity in tension, compression, shear and bending and the connections required to create a practical structure, based on Australian Standards. This course will prepare students for subsequent courses in the structural design of statically indeterminate steel frames and structural design in other materials, structural systems or forms.

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