Postgraduate Courses in Structural Engineering

A Master of Engineering (Structures) - ME (Struct) requires the completion of 48 credit points. This can be achieved by one year full time or two (or more) years part time study by completing the following units of study.

ENGG5001 - Professional Development is a core unit of study for all masters courses.

Electives can come from any of the Masters level Civil Units of Study or other Master’s level UoS approved by the Postgraduate Director.

Other options for studying structural engineering postgraduate courses include

• Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) in which 48 credit points from any masters course in structural, geotechnical, environmental fluids or project management may be counted.
• Master of Engineering (Structural and Foundation Engineering)
• Graduate Diploma of Engineering Studies: 36 credit points
• Graduate Diploma in Structural Engineering
• Graduate Diploma in Structural and Foundation Engineering
• Graduate Certificate of Engineering Studies: 24 credit points

Brief Course Descriptions

Complete descriptions can be found at the on-line unit of study handbook.


CIVL5257 Concrete Structures: Prestressed
Available in odd years in Semester 2
A/Prof Stuart Reid

The behaviour and design of prestressed concrete structures and structural elements including beams, columns, slabs etc. Topics covered will include stell and concrete materials, prestress losses, flexural and shear behaviour at service loads and ultimate loads, short and long term deflections, load balancing and anchorage zones.

CIVL5258 Advanced Structural Steel Design
Currently available in odd years in Semester 1
Prof Greg Hancock

International design standards, International material standards, Limit states design philosophy and approaches, Loading standards, Methods of analysis, Flexural members section and member capacity, Flexural members international comparisons, Compression members section and member capacity, Compression members international comparisons, Beam-column members capacity, beam-column members international comparisons, bolted connections and welded connections.

CIVL5264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures Engineering
Currently available in odd years in Semester 1
Dr Gianluca Ranzi

Composite construction; Design of composite beams and slabs: composite action, shear connectors, degree of shear connection, partial shear interaction, time effects; Design of composite columns; Composite connections.


CIVL5265 Structural Stability & Analysis Advanced
Currently available in odd years in Semester 2
Prof Kim Rasmussen

Strain-displacement relationships for frame, plate and cable structures. Lagrangian and updated Lagrangian methods of analysis. Matrix analysis of frame structures. Large displacement of plate structures. Interaction buckling. Commercial computer software, benchmarking and verification of 2nd order analyses, analysis of cable structures by computer, form finding of cable structures.

CIVL5255 Concrete Structures: Durability
Currently available in even years in Semester 2
Prof Stuart Reid

Properties of cement and concrete, types of cements, aggregates, water-cement ratio, admixtures, fire resistance and cover, curing, shrinkage, creep and thermal effects, testing, reinforcement, concrete in construction, concrete durability, identification and analysis of cracks in concrete and their causes, corrosion and repair aspects of concrete.


CIVL5256 Concrete Structures: Serviceability
Currently available in even years in Semester 1
Prof Stuart Reid

The analysis and design of reinforced concrete members and structures, including: material properties, 'elastic' analysis (stresses/deformations/time-dependence), ultimate strength, moment redistribution, and plastic analysis and design of frames and slabs.

CIVL5262 Structural Steel Connections
Currently available in even years in Semester 1
Dr Tim Wilkinson

Introduction, basic connection behaviour, basic connection design, flexible connections in open sections, rigid connections in open sections, computer software for connection design, connections in hollow sections, fatigue, semi-rigid connections.


CIVL5263 Stainless Steel and Aluminium Structures
Currently available in even years in Semester 2
Prof Kim Rasmussen

Mechanical properties, Selection of alloys, influence of material softening on the structural design procedure, section capacity, member capacity: tension members, compression members, flexural members, connections: bolted and welded, testing provisions.


Project
Available every semester

Students can partake in a small research project, similar to a thesis. The numberof credit points assigned to the project depends on the natures of the project. Discussions with the academic staff concerned are required before enrolling in this unit of study.