CIVILENG 7303 - Structural Steel Design
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2025
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code CIVILENG 7303 Course Structural Steel Design Coordinating Unit Civil Engineering Term Semester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 4 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Assumed Knowledge C&ENVENG 2025 or CEME 2001 or CIVILENG 2001 Assessment May include assignments, practical report, final exam and quizzes - details at beginning of Semester. Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Mohamed Ali Sadakkathulla
Office: Engineering North N234
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
E-mail: ali.mohamed@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61-8-83133968Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1 Calculate the acceptable design loading for steel beams and columns using AS1100 and AS4100 2 Descriptive formula and code based understanding of the steel design fundamentals 3 Explain steel design and analysis through lab practicals and design assignments 4 Analyse and design simple steel girders for flexure and buckling 5 Analyse and design simple steel girders for shear 6 Analyse and design bolted and steel connections 7 Analyse beam-columns and frames 8 Understand the fundamental behaviour of steel-concrete composite girders
The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers 最新糖心Vlog . The course develops the following EA Elements of Competency to levels of introductory (A), intermediate (B), advanced (C):
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 A A C A C C B C C — A B A B A A 最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
- 最新糖心Vlogn Standards will be referred to at various points throughout the course
AS 4100 Steel 最新糖心Vlog: These are available through the library at: - Lecture Slides (Power Point): To be available on MyUni.
Recommended Resources
Text Book: Steel Designer’s Handbook, B. Gorencr, R. Tinyou and A. SyamOnline Learning
1. Lecture slides and lecture recordings (Echo360) in MyUni
2. Softcopies of standards and textbooks available from Library - 最新糖心Vlogn Standards will be referred to at various points throughout the course
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Module 1: Basic design of steel beams
Module 2: Design of Bending Members (Beams) – Local Buckling
Module 3: Design of Bending Members (Beams) – Global Buckling
Module 4: Design of Axially Loaded Columns Based on Local and Global Buckling
Module 5: Design of Beam-Columns
Module 6: Design of Stiffened and Unstiffened Webs of Beams for Shear
Module 7: Design of Connections –Simple Bolted and Welded Joints; Analysis; Introduction and Design of Tension Members
Module 8: Design of Steel Concrete Composite Beams and Slabs
Note: The above 8 modules form the syllabus for final examination, irrespective of whether any home assignment problems are given from these modules or not.
PRACTICAL REPORT- APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS FROM MODULES 1-3 &6Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
A note on workload
•The universities policy is for every hour of classes you should be spending 3 hours of external study
•At some points during the course you will likely to need to put in the full 12 hours independent study.Learning Activities Summary
Schedule Week 1 Beams under bending Week 2 Beams under bending Week 3 Beams under bending Week 4 Beams under bending Week 5 Frames
Steel pracsWeek 6 Shear
Steel pracsWeek 7 Combined actions: theory
Combined actions: examples
Steel pracsWeek 8 Bolted connections -
Assessment
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Assessment Summary
* The specific due date and time for each assessment task will be published via MyUni during the course.Assessment Task Task Type Due* Weighting Learning Outcome Quiz Formative & Summative 10% 1 - 6 Homework Assignments Formative & Summative 10% 1 - 8 Group Practical Report Formative & Summative 20% 1 - 5 Exam Summative Exam period 60% 1 - 8 Assessment Related Requirements
Hurdle requirement
You must score at least 40% of the total marks allotted to the exam to pass the course.Assessment Detail
quiz - 10%
Homework Assignments – 10%
A total of 4-5 homework assignments will be given. The problems will be uploaded on MyUni and you will have one week time to solve these problems. Please follow the submission mode and due date and time mentioned in the assignment problem file. Late submission will incur a deduction of 10% marks for every day of delay in submission.
Group Practical report– 20%
The reports will be done by groups of 3-4 students. Submit by the deadline given in practical handout. Late submission will incur a deduction of 20% marks for every day of delay in submission.
Examination – 60% (3 Hours)
This is a 3 hour exam conducted at the end of semester.Submission
All assignments, quiz and practical report are online submission (single PDF file only).Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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