Overview

This capstone unit of study aims to provide you with the basic engineering principles and analysis techniques to design individual structural elements and systems. You will also produce analysis, design calculation and documentation suitable for presentation to industry utilising skills and knowledge learnt throughout the program and within a team environment.

Requisites

Prerequisites
CVE30002 Design of Steel Structures

OR
CSM20001 Design of Constructed Structures
AND
CVE20003 Design of Concrete Structures
OR
CSM20002 Design of Temporary Structures
OR
100 cps in BH-ECI

Assumed Knowledge
250-300 credit points of prior study in a Bachelor of Engineering

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Derive basic design actions and their combinations based on relevant Australian Standards (K1, K2, K3, A4)
  • Design individual structural elements and systems through the application of the principles of engineering analysis and design using relevant Australian Standards and design handbooks and both conventional manual and computer aided design (K1, K2, K3, K4, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, A2)
  • Generate detailed analysis and design calculations and drawings suitable for presentation to the construction industry (K5, K6, S1, A1, A2, A5, A6, A7)
  • Demonstrate skills in planning, time management, team work and an ability to review the work of other group members (S4, A2, A6, A7)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 20% 1,2,4 
AssignmentGroup 20% 2,3,4 
Project ReportIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4 
Project ReportGroup 30% 1,2,3,4 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) Obtain at least 40% of the possile marks for the Project ReportStudents who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Students will work in teams on a major project of maximum 5 students per group. A new real design project is presented each year
  • The design report produced will include computations and drawings as appropriate
  • Students will be given guidance in the theory and practice aimed at coordinating the activities involved
  • The unit involves the development of formal computation and drawing presentation

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.