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CIVL9235: Structural Analysis
2025 unit information
The objectives of this unit are to provide an understanding of the principles of structural analysis by introducing the strain-displacement, stress-strain and equilibrium relationships for beam members; applying the relationships to the matrix displacement analysis of frame structures; and using computer software to conduct the linear-elastic and buckling analyses of frame structures. At the end of this unit, students will be able to deduce appropriate structural models for frame structures; and use computer methods and simple hand methods to obtain internal forces and displacements as well as buckling loads for frame structures. The syllabus comprises theoretical background (strain-displacement, stress-strain and equilibrium relationships), structural analysis software, matrix displacement method, beam theory, introduction to nonlinear analysis, buckling analysis.
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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This unit of study assumes previous study of the fundamental principles of structural mechanics obtained from CIVL9201 Foundations of Structural Mechanics or equivalent introductory structural mechanics subject |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. carry out plastic limit state analyses
- LO2. perform nonlinear analyses and understand the differences from the linear-elastic analyses
- LO3. analyse statically determinate structures using the method of joints, the method of section, and equilibrium considerations
- LO4. apply the fundamental methods of linear-elastic analysis, which include the stiffness method
- LO5. derive the differential equations which form the basis of beam theory, and learn how to apply the appropriate boundary conditions.
- LO6. carry out a moment distribution on indeterminate structures
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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