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BUILDING STRUCTURE 
(ARC2523)

Project 1

Fettuccine Truss Bridge

Truss is a structure built up of three or more members which are normally considered being pinned and hinged at the joints.

 

The objectives of this project are as follows

1. To develop student’s understanding of tension and compressive strength of construction materials

2. To develop student’s understanding of force distribution in a truss

3. To design a perfect truss bridge which fulfils the following criterias

4. High level of aesthetic value o Minimal construction material 

 

Group of 6 students came as a group for the first project. Project 1 consist of two tasks. In Task 1, each of the students is given a choice to pick among 6 different truss systems prepared by the module coordinator. Students are required to analyse respective trusses to determine the most effective and efficient truss arrangement for the load system. 


In Task 2, students are required to design and construct a fettucini bridge of 350mm clear span and maximum weight of 80g. These requirements are to be met, or else it may result in reduction of grade. The bridge will be then tested to fail.

The project is an integrated component where it involves structural theory, force calculation and basic structural proposal. This project is designed to allow the demonstration of knowledge and understanding of building structure.

 

Objectives of Project 2

1. To introduce the basic process of building structures design process to the students.

2. To enable the students to have a holistic experience including Concept and Structure Layout Design, Building Structure Engineering Considerations, Structure
     Members Sizing and Calculations, Final Report and Presentation.

 

Part 1 – 10% (Group components)

Working in a group of 8 members, each group is to obtain floor plan of a maximum 3 storeys bungalow, preferably 2 storeys. Students are required to carry out structural framing and prepare structural drawings for the bungalow. Structural plans should include foundation plan, ground floor plan, first floor plan and roof plan.

 

Part 2 – 30% (Individual components)

Each student is required to perform structural analysis of the bungalow.

  1. Identify and quantify the load acting on the structure.

  2. Analyse the structure.

    1. To analysis minimum 6 beams (each beam must subject to different types of load, i.e. UDL from one or more than one slabs, beam with point load(s) or combination of UDL and PL)

    2. To analysis minimum 4 columns (from roof to foundation level

 

Project 2 

Extension of a R.C. Bungalow

At the end of Project 1, I am able to evaluate, explore and improve attributes of construction materials. I also manage to explore and apply understanding of load distribution in a truss. Not only that, I am able to evaluate and identify tension and compression members in a truss structure and explore different arrangement of members in a truss structure. 

After completing this project, I am able to produce a complete documentation on structural system of a case study. I managed to explore and understand the concept of structural analysisIdentification of structural components. Not only that I recognize, I, executed and implemented basic procedures of building structure design and produce a structural proposal.

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