CIVIL 211 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS 2

2nd Semester 2004 (2 Point paper)

COURSE COORDINATOR John Butterworth, (room 1.1113, ext 88154

email jw.butterworth@auckland.ac.nz.
OTHER TEACHING STAFF Barry Davidson (room 1.1107, ext 88164),
Piotr Omenzetter (room 1.1012, ext 88138).
TIMES LECTURES: Mon 3–4 3404
Tue 9 – 10 1401
Thu 2–3 3404
TUTORIAL Thu 9 – 10 3404
CLINIC: Wed 11 – 12 4.501/2
LABORATORY/PRACTICAL A laboratory session will be used to demonstrate behaviour of steel
structures when buckling or yielding.
ASSESSMENT TEST 15% (50min test - Sep 16, 4pm, LLT).
DESIGN proj. 15%
EXAM 70% (3 hrs) - date and time not yet available.
AIMS This course is the second of two that form part of the core material of the civil
engineering degree. Principles of mechanics are further developed with an emphasis on
their application to the analysis and design of steel structures. As well as introducing
new concepts related to steel design, plastic analysis, torsion, shear and buckling,
concepts introduced in earlier courses will be revisited and extended, leading to better
understanding.
The course consists of a number of lectures, tutorials, laboratory demonstrations and
calculation-based projects. In addition you will be expected to learn from additional
reading, problem solving (vital) and other work outside formal contact hours. Where
appropriate the course will be based on the recommended text. There will also be
handouts containing additional problems, references and other material. Where possible
this material will also be posted to the course web site (see below for web address) and
on CECIL.
SYLLABUS
• Behaviour of beams –qualitative introduction showing the roles of yielding, lateral
and local buckling, and the effects of local, lateral and torsional restraint. Emphasis on
steel sections.
• Plastic bending
o Fully plastic moment and the plastic collapse limit state
o Equilibrium, Mechanism, Yield and the upper and lower bound theorems
o Plastic analysis of continuous beams and simple frames
o Design of compact, fully restrained steel beams for flexure
• Stability
o Revision of basic concepts introduced in CIVIL 210.
o Column buckling – elastic, inelastic, effective length concept
o Implementation of theory in design of steel columns – column design curves
o Plate buckling - effective width concept and effective cross-section concept
for design
• Shear stress in beams
o Shear stress due to action of shear force in a beam of symmetric cross-
section
o Shear stress in thin-walled open and closed sections due to shear, shear
centre
o Stress and twist due to (uniform) torsion
 o Non-uniform torsion and warping - introduction
• Lateral buckling
o Semi-analytical introduction (limited to I-beams), effective length concept
o Implementation in the design process
• LAB session demonstrating range of buckling phenomena and plastic collapse
• Design of steel members
o compression members
o beams
o simple structures
• Steel structure design project

REFERENCE Megson, T.H.G., Structural and stress analysis, Arnold, (1st Ed 1996 or 2nd Ed
2005) (recommended, ~ $76 from University Book Shop)

WEB http://www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~jbut030/CIVIL211.htm]

Second Semester Planner

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1 Semester 2 18 Lectures begin 19 20 No clinic 21 22
2 25 26 27 28 29
3 August 1 2 3 4 5
4 8 9 10 11 12
5 15 16 17 18 19
6 22 23 24 25 26
Mid-sem break
29 30 31 1 2
September 5 6 7 Faculty
8 9
7 12 13 14 15 16 TEST
8 19 20 21 22 23
9 26 Str Mech Lab 2
27 Str Mech Lab 2
28 29 Graduation
30 Str Mech Lab2
2pm lect. cancelled

10 October 3 Str Mech Lab 2

4 Str Mech Lab 2
5 6 Str Mech Lab2 7 Str Mech Lab2
11 10 11 12 13 14
12 17 18 19 20 21 Lectures End
Study/Exams
24 Labour Day 25 26 Faculty 27 28
November 31 1 2 3 4
Study/Exams
7 8 9 10 11
14 15 16 17 18
21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30 Faculty
1 2
December 5 6 7 8 Examiners
9

Note: 1. Test date to be confirmed.

2. Refer to lab schedule for up to date information on lab sessions