scholarly journals Comparison of Conceptual Knowledge of Shear Stress in Beams Between Civil Engineering Undergraduates and Practitioners

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominga Sanchez ◽  
Shane Brown ◽  
Matthew Barner
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Undergraduates

scholarly journals Innovative Assessment Practice to Improve Teaching and Learning in Civil Engineering

2020 ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Siham G. Farrag ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Total Satisfaction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Core Part

The professional skills are essential for engineering student along with conceptual knowledge. The main objective of this paper is to explore an innovative assessment practice that was implemented to enhance teaching and learning for an undergraduate student in Civil Engineering. The practice was developed to increase students’ engagement, and encourage collaboration and critical thinking to achieve sustainable learning. Emerging technology and e-tools were the key of improve this practice. The practice was evaluated through students’ performance during the semester, and through the analysis of student’s feedback, peer review and external feedback. Generally, the feedback demonstrated the effectiveness of this practice in improving students’ understanding of the subject area and their academic performance. The total satisfaction was more than 90% and showed students’ satisfaction with the pedagogy adopted. The results showed a significant improvement in students’ performance in both internal and external marks. The final exam average increased by 20% and the total average increased by 15.4 % from the previous semester. This paper highlights the importance of linking learning and assessment as a core part of the teaching and learning process.

Numerical Analysis of Shear Stress on Adhesive Joint between FRP and Steel Structure in Civil Engineering

2012 ◽  
Vol 568 ◽  
pp. 216-221
Author(s):  
Shu Kuan Zhang ◽  
Pei Yan Huang ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
Chuan Yu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Adhesive Joint ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Steel Structure ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Shear Stress Distribution ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Accurate Analysis

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is widely applied in the concrete and steel structure reinforcement field because of its high strength and convenient constructability in civil engineering. The adhesive joint is the weakness of the reinforced structure, but with the complicated stress distribution for analytic method. Numerical method provides the best solution to the further analysis. In this paper, a finite element method (FEM) of double lap joint model was established with ANSYS to investigate the shear stress in the adhesive joint of the reinforced structure, the shear stresses were analyzed in detail in both length and thickness direction in civil engineering. The results show that, 1) the FEM calculation results of shear stress of adhesive and the theoretical calculation values are consistent within the main part of the adhesive; 2) FEM is the effective method to further study the shear stress distribution of the adhesive, meshing size has great influence on the results of calculation; 3) to obtain more accurate analysis of shear stress distribution, the non-linear characteristics of the adhesive should be considered

Behavior of Selected Materials to Create Sliding Joint in the Foundation Structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 454-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Smirakova
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Horizontal Stress ◽  
First Case ◽  
Sliding Joint ◽  
Foundation Structure

Some foundation structures can be loaded with horizontal stress, for example pre-stressed foundation structures or structures on undermining areas. Then it is necessary to solute their effects, because they can have very significant effect on the building. When it is spoken about the foundation structures which are loaded with horizontal stress then it is spoken about two possibilities of this loading. In the first case there are horizontal deformations in the structure and in the second case these deformations can arise in the subsoil. In both of them it can be used the method with using sliding joint to increase of shear stress between foundation structure and subsoil. Asphalt belt is often used to create this sliding joint. At the faculty of Civil Engineering some materials are tested to better knowledge of asphalt belts properties and to more precise design and calculation of sliding joint.

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