"All men by nature desire to know." -  Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

Objective

The purpose of this assignment is threefold: first, to complete the Mid-Term Survey; second, to use the spreadsheet developed in Assignment #8 to attempt to maximize the cost-adjusted SWR; and third, to start developing a draft report for Project #2.

You must hand in the coversheet for the assignment and printouts of your spreadsheet for Part 2 and document for Part 3. Also, submit your Excel file for Part 2 and Word file for Part 3 to Canvas.

Part 1: Please complete the CIVL 1112 Midterm Survey (see your email for a link to UMsurvey). The data collected from this survey is used to assess student progress toward meeting the course objectives (see the course syllabus) and is highly valued by the course instructor and the Department of Civil Engineering. Completing the survey is optional and will not effect on the performance evaluation on this homework assignment. 

Part 2: Adjust the design variables for the RC beam in Project #2 and attempt to maximize the cost-adjusted SWR. You might want to keep track of your designs in a table and sort them by cost-adjusted SWR (in other words, do not present a single "best" design but a series of designs). Comment on the results in terms of the reinforced beam strength, weight, and cost.

To help you keep track of your results, construct a graph of the cost-adjusted SWR as a function of the tensile reinforcement A_s.

Part 3: Use the equation editor in Microsoft Word to describe the reinforced concrete tensile model and cost equation used in Project #2. Click here for a typical description of the reinforced concrete and cost models. Submit your Word document, with a proper file naming convention, to Canvas.

Part 4. Read Chapters 15 and 16 in the "A Mind for Numbers" by Barbara Oakley.

Requirements

Lastly, a web page describing the CIVL 1112 homework policy is available. Read it before you turn in this assignment. You will be graded throughout the semester according to the policy outlined in it.

Coversheet for homework

This website was originally developed by Charles Camp for CIVL 1112.
This site is maintained by the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis.
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