Engineering Materials 2 - Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne

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General description of Wilson hall: university of Melbourne
Fig 1: Wilson hall university
Age of the building
The first structure which stood as Wilson hall was built between the period 1878 to 1882
with the sole purpose of serving as a hall for the university students. The structure was majorly
made of stone. However, in in 1952, the building was involved in a grisly fire, which damaged
the building, and it was forced to experience demolition. The current building as shown in the

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diagrams above was the aftermath of the rebuilding, which was also majorly based on concrete
and steel as the construction materials for the structural parts (Rudolph, 2019).
Functions
Currently, the structures serve as rounds for offering lectures, administering
examinations, as well as venue for conferring of degrees.
Types of structural elements
The structural elements present in the building are basically line elements. The line elements
there-in includes: rods, beams, compression members, ties, wires, as well as suspension cables
(Rudolph, 2019).
Construction materials (for Load carrying elements, and Façade)
The construction materials used in building of the Wilson hall includes concrete, and steel.