{"id":20801,"date":"2025-07-28T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20801"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:44:46","slug":"ce306","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce306\/","title":{"rendered":"CE306"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 3<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : CE208<\/span><\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aim(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To develop a sound knowledge on the design of steel structures and design of pre-stressed concrete (PC) structures.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Explain the basic behaviour of steel structures.<\/li>\n
  2. Design steel members loaded in tension, compression, flexure, shear and combinations.<\/li>\n
  3. Design different types of connections in steel structures.<\/li>\n
  4. Discuss the attributes of PC structures, construction methods and prestressing techniques.<\/li>\n
  5. Design PC beams conforming to a standard code of practice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Course content\/Course description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Design concepts: <\/a>permissible stress, load factor, limit state<\/li>\n
  2. Limit state concept:<\/a> probabilistic approach, characteristic loads, characteristic strength, and partial factors of safety<\/li>\n
  3. Safety, serviceability, durability, fire resistance and other considerations<\/li>\n
  4. Physical and mechanical properties of structural steel and their classifications<\/li>\n
  5. Behaviour of structural elements, modes of failure, application of codes of practice, standards and specifications<\/li>\n
  6. Design of elements in steel structures :<\/b> ties, struts, beams, columns, design of connections<\/li>\n
  7. Robustness of structures<\/li>\n
  8. Design of a steel building using a code of practices<\/li>\n
  9. Introduction to design software<\/li>\n
  10. Basic principles of pre-stressed concrete<\/li>\n
  11. Preliminary design of pre-stressed concrete beams<\/li>\n
  12. Analysis of pre-stressed concrete members for the serviceability limit state and plotting of the Magnel diagram<\/li>\n
  13. Design of tendon profile and identification of debonding locations<\/li>\n
  14. Computation of pre-stress losses<\/li>\n
  15. Analysis of pre-stressed concrete for the ultimate limit state<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Trahair, EA, Bradford MA, Nethercot DA, Gardner, L 2008, The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3, 4th edn, Taylor & Francis, Oxon.<\/li>\n
  2. EN 1993-1-1:2005, Design of Steel Structures \u2013 Part 1-1: General Rules and Rules for Buildings.<\/li>\n
  3. EN 1992-1-1:2004, Design of Concrete Structures \u2013 Part 1-1: General Rules and Rules for Buildings.<\/li>\n
  4. Brettle, ME and Brown, DG 2009, Steel Building Design: Concise Eurocodes, SCI Publication.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    Time Allocation<\/th>\nHours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Lectures<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/span><\/font><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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    Assessment<\/th>\nPercentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    In-course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments\/Quizzes<\/span><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mid Semester Examination<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Design of Structures I – CE306 Credits : 3 Prerequisites : CE208 Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory Aim(s) To develop a sound knowledge on the design of steel structures and design of pre-stressed concrete (PC) structures. Intended Learning Outcomes On successful completion of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}