Advanced Structural Engineering

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The concept of structural sufficiency (strength and stiffness) in order to decarbonise structures.
• The appreciation of the structural behaviour of mass timber products from experimental tests.
• The design of structural members made of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, timber and composite materials, under a variety of limit state loading conditions, such as axial load, flexure, shear and torsion.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Solve complex problems via idealisation and analysis.
• Communication through written reports.
• Apply critical analysis to engineering problems.
• Use practical and workshop skills.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply the basic hierarchy of carbon impact reductions and efficiency.
• Understand the behaviour and design aspects of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, composite, and timber structures
• Identify the underlying structural mechanics which are used in design codes
• Apply theoretical principles of structural mechanics to a wide range of design situations.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Undertake embodied carbon assessment using existing tools.
• Undertake ultimate limit state calculations of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete and composite structural elements
• Identify failure modes in mass timber structures
• Carry out design calculations for complex practical design situations.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.