COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 1012 STATICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mining Engineering
Geological Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

It is aimed to inform students about fundamental concepts of structural mechanics, on how to design a structural system, and about their load carrying properties, and calculation of geometric characteristics of sections.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn about basic concepts of mechanics such as force, moment and equilibrium
2   Grasp the working mechanism of structural systems.
3   Design truss systems and learn the methods of analysis for them.
4   Calculate center of gravitiy and moments of inertia of sections.
5   Determine the internal forces in transversally loaded beams.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental principles and concepts
2 Statics of particles
3 Rigid bodies, moment of a force about a point, moment of a force about a specified axis
4 Moment of a couple, equivalent systems of forces
5 Equilibrium of a rigid body, supports and support reactions
6 Trusses, analysis of trusses by the method of joints
7 1. Midterm exam
8 Analysis of trusses by the method of sections
9 Centroids and centers of gravities: determination of centroids by integration, composite plates and areas, distributed loads on beams
10 Moments of inertia of an area, polar moment of inertia, radius of gyration of an area, product of inertia
11 Parallel axis theorem, moments of inertia of composite areas, principal exes and principal moments of inertia
12 Beams, normal force, shear force and bending moment diagrams in beams (section method)
13 Beams, shear force and bending moment diagrams in beams (graphical method)
14 2. Midterm exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Mühendislik Mekaniği - Statik, R.C. Hibbeler ,S.C. Fan, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2005
- Beer, F.P; Johnston, E. R. & Eisenberg, E.R., Mühendisler Için Vektör Mekaniği: Statik, Güven Yayınevi, 2008.
Supplementary Book(s):
- Omurtag, H.M, Mühendisler Için Mekanik: Statik, Birsen Yayınevi, 2009.
References:
Materials: Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria


Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Aydın Saatcı: aydin.saatci@deu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Özgür Özçelik: ozgur.ozcelik@deu.edu.tr

*Course Assistant(s) and Contact Details:

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 2 8 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.14232
LO.24232
LO.34232
LO.44232
LO.54232

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