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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
INŞ 4035	HIGH - RISE BUILDINGS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÖZGÜR BOZDAĞ

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

In the course content, high-rise buildings will be evaluated in detail. First, high-rise buildings are investigated through different structural analysis methods. In the course content, students will gain structural design concept of high rise buildings. Earthquake resisting building design will be given in the lectures. Moreover, structural types, dynamics of structures, and earthqauke effects on buildings will be evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding high rise building concepts
2	Gaining high rise building concepts in comparison
3	Selecting different structural criteria and structural design for different cases
4	Connecting new concepts and developments in course content
5	Classification high rise buildings and their analyses
6	Communication in different analysis procedures for high rise buildings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 3008 - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	High rise buildings and their histories
2	Hıgh rise buildings and project details/ loading patterns
3	Building types, dynamics of high rise buildings
4	Earthquake analyses
5	Seismic design and earthquake resistant buildings
6	Steel high rise buildings
7	Light steel buildings
8	1st Mid Term
9	Columns
10	Steel columns and their analyses
11	Examples for dimensioning
12	High rise structural system analysis
13	Foundations and footing systems
14	2nd Mid term and student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): H.R. Viswanath, Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings.

Materials: Course notes and presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and lecture notes. All lecture notes will be provided to students before hand.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Assessment Criteria

LO1-3, 5: Evaluated through mid terms and final exams.
LO 4, 6: Evaluated through term projects and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attention in the class will be considered and term projects will be delivered in the beginning of the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kasim Armagan Korkmaz, armagan.korkmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed 10:30am-12:00pm

Work Placement(s)