CIVIL 312 STRUCTURES AND DESIGN 2

(15 Points, FC 2016)

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR: Dr. Gary Raftery

email: g.raftery@auckland.ac.nz
(Room 1.1012 ext 88536)

OTHER TEACHING STAFF: Mr. Hugh Morris

email: hw.morris@auckland.ac.nz
(Room 1.1115, ext. 88186)
Mr. Colin Nicholas
email: c.nicholas@auckland.ac.nz
(Room 1.1112)

TIMES: LECTURES: Mon 14.00-15.00 Eng 1.439

Tues 11.00-12.00 HSB1 (201N-346)
Weds 09:00-10:00 HSB1 (201N-346)
Thurs 12:00-13:00 FPAA (260-115)

PHILOSOPHY:
The objectives of the course are to:
Introduce structural design and loading in particular relation to timber design
Review and extend structural analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures
(moment area deflection and moment distribution method)
Show how loads are collated and tracked through a structure to the foundation.
Provide an overview of timber structural forms.
Introduce structural design standards (Design Actions & Timber).
Understand and apply design concepts involved in structural timber design.
Introduce LVL, plywood and nailed moment connections in portal frames

ASSESSMENT:
For Structures & Design 2, 30 marks are allocated to the course work (test and assignments) and
70 to the exam, but the final mark for the course is taken as the smaller of the sum of the course
work and exam marks or 2 times the exam mark. This means a student must obtain a minimum
of 36 out of 100 in the final exam to pass.
e.g. exam 60/100 = 42/70 , coursework 30/30, total 72% < (2x 42 rule max = 84%); Final 72%
exam 50/100 = 35/70 , coursework 30/30, total 65% < (2x 35 rule max = 70%); Final 65%
exam 40/100 = 28/70 , coursework 30/30, total 58% > (2x 28 rule max = 56%); Final 56%
exam 36/100 = 25.2/70 , coursework 30/30, total 55.2% > (2x 25.2 rule max = 50.4%); Final 50.4%
Revision for the examination helps tie the different parts of the paper together, and hence is seen
as an essential part of the learning programme. The exam is a 3-hour restricted book
examination, where the students standards of practice can be taken into the exam room
(standards may have minor annotations as detailed during the course).
Students are encouraged to work in groups in the tutorial periods to discuss the way they plan to
do the assignment and undertake preliminary calculations. Provided all students participate this
is a very efficient way of learning about design. However, the final calculations are to be the
individual effort of each student in that after such consultation, or joint effort, each student is to
individually work through the assignment from scratch with a fresh set of his or her own
calculations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students who complete this course should be capable of analysing simple indeterminate
structures and be able to make detailed design calculations for timber structures.

COURSE OUTLINE:
General introduction to structural forms and design
Review and Moment-Area method 1 week
Moment-Distribution method 2 weeks
Test Moment Area and Moment Distribution (7.5%)
Structural Design Actions 2 weeks
- design actions (permanent, imposed, wind)
- load combinations, skip loading
- load collation
ASSIGNMENT 1 Structural Design Actions (7.5%)
Timber products and structures 1 week
Design of Timber members
Design of elements 2 weeks
- bending, shear and axial effects
- serviceability
ASSIGNMENT 2 Portal Frame - member design (15%)

Analysis and design of one storey building 1 week

Types of single storey buildings 1 week
Design of connections, detailing and construction aspects 2 weeks

TEXTS:
Recommended
Timber Portal Frames Design Guide NZ, Quenneville et al, STIC, 2011
Timber Design Guide, Edited Buchanan, Published NZ TIF, Reprinted July 2011
Required
Most recent edition of Student Standards for-
Structural design actions (1170) - design loadings
Design of timber structures (3603).
For next semester also purchase the following Student standards:
Design of steel structures (3404).
Design of reinforced concrete structures (3101).

FURTHER READING
Hsieh, Y.Y., 1982, Elementary Theory of Structures, Prentice-Hall, 2nd Ed.
McCormac, J.C. 1975, Structural Analysis, Harper and Row, 3rd Ed.
Chajes, A. 1990, Structural Analysis, Prentice-Hall, 2nd Ed.