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Structures 1 - BLDG1050
Structures

 
Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
 
 
School:  Building Construction Management Program
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/Undergrad/BConstManProp/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Equivalent: BLDG1051
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

An introduction to structural appreciation; external and internal forces; free body diagrams; static force equilibrium for statically determinate structures; member forces in pin-jointed trusses; beam section properties; bending moment, shear force and deflection diagrams for beams; beam stresses in bending and shear; design of steel beams for bending, shear and deflection. Case studies to illustrate how structures of various types support vertical and lateral loads.

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