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Introduction
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Assignments
- A2-Q3: (a) Describe Classes 1–4
- A2-Q3: (b) Sketch two fire-protection methods
- A2-Q3: (c) Sketch and identify two built-up sections
- A2-Q3: (d) Second-order elastic P–Δ and P–δ analysis
Past-paper answers
2023
2024
- A Q1(b) — Four hot-rolled sections · 4 marks
Connections
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Tutorials
- Tutorial 2 Q1: a bolted splice with a layout problem
- Tutorial 2 Q2: welded splice strength and minimum-leg correction
- Tutorial 2 Q3: size bolts for an in-plane eccentric pair of plates
- Tutorial 2 Q4: combined bolt shear and tension
- Tutorial 2 Q5: double-angle weld design and a conflicting size rule
- Tutorial 2 Q6: eccentric welds on two side plates
- Tutorial 2 Q7: separate flange and web weld design
Assignments
- Assignment 1 Q2: a 1000kN bolted splice
- Assignment 1 Q3: one-sided rectangular weld group
- A1-Q1: (b) Completed annotated isometric teaching sketch
Past-paper answers
2023
- B Q2(a)(i) — Double welded angle tension capacity · 6 marks
- B Q2(a)(ii) — Final weld lengths · 9 marks
- B Q2(b)(i) — Bolt shear and tension capacities · 5 marks
- B Q2(b)(ii) — Bracket bolt adequacy · 10 marks
2024
- B Q2(a)(i) — Bolt shear capacity · 2 marks
- B Q2(a)(ii) — Bolt bearing capacity · 2 marks
- B Q2(a)(iii) — Angle bearing capacity · 6 marks
- B Q2(a)(iv) — Angle tensile capacity · 7 marks
- B Q2(b) — Eccentric rectangular weld group · 13 marks
Beams
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Tutorials
- Tutorial 3 Q1: what the four section classes mean in bending
- Tutorial 3 Q2: fully restrained floor beams, including local web checks
- Tutorial 3 Q3: remove slab restraint and check B2/B3 LTB
- Tutorial 3 Q4: an end couple reverses the bending diagram
- Tutorial 3 Q5: design a beam with a 3m overhang
Assignments
- Assignment 1 Q1: storage-floor beams and an annotated connection sketch
- Assignment 2 Q2: an intermediate restraint at an off-centre load
Past-paper answers
2023
- A Q1(a)(i) — Floor factored intensity · 4 marks
- A Q1(a)(ii) — Beam B1 and B2 actions · 8 marks
- A Q1(a)(iii) — Beam section classes · 4 marks
- A Q1(a)(iv) — B1 shear, bending and deflection · 10 marks
- A Q1(a)(v) — B2 shear, bending and deflection · 10 marks
- B Q4(a) — Beam shear and moment · 2 marks
- B Q4(b) — Beam LTB with support restraints · 14 marks
- B Q4(c) — Beam LTB with added midspan restraint · 14 marks
2024
- A Q1(a)(i) — Floor factored intensity · 4 marks
- A Q1(a)(ii) — Verify B1 actions · 3 marks
- A Q1(a)(iii) — Verify B2 actions · 5 marks
- A Q1(a)(iv) — Beam classes · 4 marks
- A Q1(a)(v) — B1 shear, bending and deflection · 10 marks
- A Q1(a)(vi) — B2 shear, bending and deflection · 10 marks
- B Q4(a) — Beam support reactions · 3 marks
- B Q4(b) — Shear-force and bending-moment diagrams · 4 marks
- B Q4(c) — Segment BC buckling resistance · 13 marks
- B Q4(d) — Segment CD buckling resistance · 10 marks
Columns
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Tutorials
- Tutorial 4 Q1: compression resistance at a given effective length
- Tutorial 4 Q2: the same column with biaxial bending
- Tutorial 4 Q3: large UC with signed end moments
- Tutorial 4 Q4: eccentric roof reactions in simple construction
- Tutorial 4 Q5: opposite reactions and equal moment sharing
Assignments
- Assignment 2 Q1: simple-construction UC with eccentric reactions
- A2-Q3: (d) Second-order elastic P–Δ and P–δ analysis
Past-paper answers
2023
- B Q3(a) — Column class · 4 marks
- B Q3(b) — Column cross-section capacity · 6 marks
- B Q3(c) — Column member buckling · 20 marks
2024
- B Q3(a) — Column class · 4 marks
- B Q3(b) — Column cross-section capacity · 7 marks
- B Q3(c) — Column member buckling · 19 marks