Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Abstract
Teaching Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Modes of Delivery
This is a 3 credit hour subject held over 14 weeks. The mode of delivery will be in the
form of lecture, tutorial and independent research
Lecture: 2 hours/week
Tutorial: 2 hours/week
Self Study: 1.7 hour/week
General Rules and Regulations
The School imposes a late submission penalty for work submitted late without
a valid reason e.g. a medical certificate. Any work submitted after
the deadline (which may have been extended) shall have the
percentage grade assigned to the work on face value reduced by
10% for the first day and 5% for each subsequent day late. A
weekend counts as 1 day.
The Board of Examiners may overrule any penalty imposed and allow the
actual mark achieved to be used if the late submission was for a
good reason.
Attendance is compulsory. Any student who arrives late after the first half-
hour of class will be considered as absent. A minimum of 80% attendance is
required to pass this subject and/or be eligible for the final examination. You
are expected to attend and participate actively in class. The lectures and
tutorials will assist you in expanding your ideas and your research
progression.
It is also compulsory for the student to attend the final examination. Being
absent from the final exam will result in failing the subject even though the
student has achieved more than 50% in the overall assessment.
Blackboard 7 (BB7)
Contact
Lecturer: Ananthan v_ananthan5@yahoo.com
This module will be graded in the form of coursework and final examination.
It consists of 2 projects , final examination and a portfolio submission.
Portfolio
The portfolio is an edited document to include all the work produced in this
module. Visual diary and process of work (packaged) are to be included as
part of the portfolio submission. The portfolio should be an A3 fold-out which
is beautifully mounted onto boards and well-crafted. It should have a title
page, and should not exceed 5 x A3 panels (excluding title page). Images,
drawings, text and so on must be well edited, legible and composed. Text
should be kept minimal.
Student Input
D+ 47 – 49 1.67
Evidence of minimally acceptable
D 44 – 46 1.33 Marginal
familiarity with module matter, critical and
Pass
analytical skills
D- 40 – 43 1.00
Recommended Reading
Week/Da Description
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Week 2 Lecture 1
( 9 Mar Project 1 – Project Brief Introductions
2011) Understanding of Loads and Forces:
• Dead and live load.
• Compression, tension, shear, torque,
bending, forces.
• Moment.
• Stress
• Internal resisting force
Tutorial
Week 3 Lecture 2Introduction to skeletal construction
(16 Mar • Three identifying elements: column,
2011) beam and struts
• Design approaches.
• Precedents.
• Metal, iron, wrought iron, cast iron, steel,
trusses
• Timber, traditional construction, trusses, details
• Prefabrication.
• Hierarchy.
• Primary, secondary and tertiary
elements.
• The frame and skin.
• Skin – Inside, outside and within a frame.
Class tutorial
Week 4 Class tutorial
(23 Mar Class
2011) Discussion
Week 5
(30 Mar Class tutorial Class
2011) Discussion
•
Pilaster, buttressing.
•
Lintel and corbelling.
•
Type of arches.
•
Stability – Tumbled in, battered, flying
buttress.
• Modular system
• Masonry brickwork, block work, stone
Class tutorial
Week 10 Lecture 4:Introduction to surface construction
(4 May • Elements and components
2011) • Design approaches
• Basic assumptions
• Precedents
• Cellular and curved structures.
• Limitations
• Folded plates, shells, domes.
• Membrane structures, air-inflated
structures
• Steel, concrete, plastics
• Distribution of loads.
Class tutorial
Week 11 Class tutorial
(11 May
2011)