Week 8 of 12
Preliminary Engineering Analysis and Design
Demonstrating that the proposal contains genuine engineering work.
Oct 19 – Oct 25 · deliverables due Oct 25 · est. 10 hrs
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Instructor note: Show your units on every line. A reviewer should be able to reproduce each number by hand.
Learning objectives
- Develop preliminary calculations
- Identify governing equations
- Use codes correctly
- Define design checks
- Interpret calculated results
- Recognize safety and serviceability requirements
Lecture topics
- Known and unknown variables
- Assumptions
- Governing equations
- Code references
- Load combinations
- Safety factors and limit states
- Verification checks
- Design documentation