CENV2031: Coursework Handout
Submission type Online via Blackboard
Submission deadline 21 December 2023 11PM GMT
Assessment type: Individual Assessment contribution: 20%
Marks allocation: Truss: 20 marks; Beam: 30 marks; Frame: 25 marks; Discussion: 15 marks;
Technical writing and report clarity: 10 marks [Total: 100 marks]
1. Introduction
This handout sets out the structural analysis that you need to perform on three different
types of structures: (a) a truss; (b) a beam; and (c) a frame. You will be working individually.
You are expected to analyse the structures using:
1. The structural analysis approaches covered in the lectures, namely qualitative
analysis, compatibility of deformations, virtual work, and direct stiffness method.
2. The structural analysis software covered in Topics J/K (Computational modelling).
For this assignment, you will be using the SAP2000 software. On the module
Blackboard webpage you can find instructions on how to install it on your laptop.
You may submit either a handwritten or a typed report (maximum 12 pages), or a
combination of handwritten and typed answers. You may use the report template available
on Blackboard. The submission must be in the form of a copy of the Report (.pdf) and
electronic files of your SAP model (.sdb).
2. Case-study Structures
Please choose the basic data for each case-study structure based on your Student ID number.
Use = , and use the section properties provided by SAP2000, under Frame
Properties > Section Properties.
A. Truss (material: steel S235)
Figure 1. Truss: basic data are provided in Table 1.
CENV2031 Structural Analysis
Coursework
Release: 4 December 2023
Deadline: 21 December 2023 (11PM GMT)
2
November 2023 – v02
Last two digits of your
Student ID number
P
(kN)
L
(m)
Section 1
(channel type)
Section 2
(channel type)
Between 00 and 24 1200 4 UKPFC 200x75x23 UKPFC 150x90x24
25-49 1400 3 UKPFC 300x90x41 UKPFC 180x75x20
50-74 600 6 UKPFC 200x90x30 UKPFC 125x65x15
75-99 1000 5 UKPFC 125x65x15 UKPFC 150x90x24
Table 1. Basic data for the truss.
B. Beam (material: steel S275)
Figure 2. Beam: basic data are provided in Table 2.
Last two digits of your
Student ID number
P
(kN)
