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CIVL5266: Steel Structures - Stability
2025 unit information
This unit aims to: provide fundamental understanding at advanced level of the behaviour and design of hot-rolled/fabricated and cold-formed steel members; to provide fundamental understanding of newly developed Direct Design Method (DDM) for analysis and design of structural systems; and to develop an understanding of the behaviour and design of steel connections in open and hollow sections. It is anticipated that at the end of this unit of study students should be familiar with the behaviour of steel structures at advanced level in selected areas, including design for local buckling and design for flexural-torsional buckling of columns and beams; have a sound knowledge of AS 4100 in the areas of section capacity determination of slender cross-sections, and flexural-torsional buckling of beams; have a sound knowledge of AS/NZS 4600 in the areas of section capacity determination of slender cross-sections, and flexural-torsional buckling of columns and beams; have knowledge of the use of FEM software in the design of structural systems; have the skills to assess the behaviour of specific connections; have an appreciation of some practical aspects of economical steel connection design. This unit will examine stability theory, Stability design to AS4100 and AS/NZS4600, Direct Design Method, Steel connection design.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Civil Engineering |
| Credit points | 6 |
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There are no prerequisites for this unit of study but it is assumed that students are competent in the content covered in Structural Mechanics, Steel Structures, and Structural Analysis |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. communicate solutions of complex problems related to the advanced analysis and design of steel structures through well-prepared and well-documented reports
- LO2. apply sound knowledge of AS 4100 in the areas of section capacity determination of slender cross-sections, and flexural-torsional buckling of beams
- LO3. apply sound knowledge of AS/NZS 4600 in the areas of section capacity determination of slender cross-sections, and flexural-torsional buckling of columns and beams
- LO4. understand the behaviour and design of steel connections in open and hollow sections
- LO5. demonstrate familiarity with the behaviour of steel structures at advanced level in selected areas, including design for flexural-torsional buckling of columns and beams
- LO6. demonstrate knowledge of the use of FEM software in the design of structural systems
- LO7. understand the theory for determining structural stability.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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