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EG45G1: MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

The course is a variant of the existing EA3518 course, to be made available only to students on level 4 of the Graduate Apprenticeship in BEng in Civil Engineering.  The variation covers the same Learning Outcomes, content and assessment as the existing EA3518 course, which is being taught in the same half session as this variant.  What changes is that the 15 model is a blended model, whatever the state of Covid Lockdown.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Oleksandr Menshykov

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The major topic of this course is an introduction to modern methods of elastic structural analysis. In this topic, direct, energy and matrix methods are jointly used to solve, initially, problems of the deformation of simple beams. The theorem of virtual work is introduced in the context of beams and frameworks.

The rigid-plastic analysis of beams is then introduced along with the upper bound theorem and their importance to engineering design.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
Assessment Weeks 40 Feedback Weeks 47

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Feedback

Feedback will be provided to the entire class in a summary of cohort exam performance, and on an individualised basis to students on request.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Lab Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks 31 Feedback Weeks 34

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Feedback

Feedback will be provided on MyAberdeen as comments on a marked up lab report.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Open Book Exam

Whichever of the two assessments whose failure has contributed to the overall failure of the course will have to be resat.  The weighting of the resat elements will be as they had been previously – therefore for this Exam the weighting will be 80%. 

The marks for the resat elements will be incorporated with the marks for the previously passed assessment to produce an overall resit mark.

Individualised feedback available to student on request

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on MyAberdeen or with the Course Coordinator

Lab Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Whichever of the two assessments whose failure has contributed to the overall failure of the course will have to be resat.  The weighting of the resat elements will be as previous – 80% for the Open Book Exam, 20% for the Lab Report.  The marks for the resat elements will be incorporated with the marks for the previously passed assessment to produce an overall resit mark.

The weighting for this Lab Report is therefore 20%.

The submitted Lab Report will be returned to the student fully marked up by the tutor.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on MyAberdeen or with the Course Coordinator

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseTo develop knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and practice in mainstream mechanics of structures (beams and trusses).

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