{"id":20996,"date":"2025-07-28T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20996"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:13:59","slug":"ce591","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce591\/","title":{"rendered":"CE591"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 2<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : CE306 & CE312<\/span><\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Optional<\/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 provide knowledge on different aspects of high-rise buildings and how to design high-rise buildings.<\/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 structural configurations for vertical and lateral load resistance system of high-rise buildings.<\/li>\n
  2. Describe building services for high-rise buildings.<\/li>\n
  3. Evaluate the behaviour of high-rise buildings against wind and earthquakes.<\/li>\n
  4. Analyse and design structural systems of high-rise buildings.<\/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. Configurations and behaviour of high-rise buildings<\/li>\n
  2. Review of design of gravity load resisting systems<\/li>\n
  3. Lateral load resisting systems<\/li>\n
  4. Building services applicable to high-rise buildings<\/li>\n
  5. Lateral load analysis; wind and earthquakes, codes of practice<\/li>\n
  6. Comprehensive structural analysis and design<\/li>\n
  7. Use of computer software for modelling and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Smith, BS and Coull, A 1991, Tall Building Structures, John Wiley.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/span><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n20<\/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
    Assignment<\/span>\/Quizzes<\/span><\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Design of High-rise Buildings – CE591 Credits : 2 Prerequisites : CE306 & CE312 Compulsory\/Optional : Optional Aim(s) To provide knowledge on different aspects of high-rise buildings and how to design high-rise buildings. Intended Learning Outcomes On successful completion of the … <\/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-20996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20996","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=20996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}