COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STATICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2615 STATICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TANER UÇAR

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the student with fundamental concepts such as external and internal loads acting on structures, force, moment, determinate-indeterminate structures, equilibrium, centroids, moment of inertia of sections; and to calculate internal forces of some simple structures (truss, beam etc.) and also to demonstrate the importance of these concepts in formation of the architecture of the structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the fundamental principles and concepts of statics
2   Evaluating under which conditions that the structures stay in equilibrium
3   Determining the centroid and moment of inertia of planar sections
4   Calculating the internal actions in simple structures such as trusses and beams
5   Applying appropriate analyses with regarding to architectural design and properties of structural systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and historical background. Fundamental concepts and principles. Unit systems.
2 Vectors and vector operations: Definitions and fundamental concepts. Addition of vectors. Unit vector. Resolution of vectors into components. Vector product and scalar product of vectors. Numerical examples.
3 Significant vectors in statics: position vector, moment of a force about a point and a given axis. Force couple. Equivalent system concept. Numerical examples.
4 Equilibrium of rigid bodies: Definitions and fundamental concepts. Free body diagrams. Equilibrium of a particle. Numerical examples.
5 Equilibrium of rigid bodies: Stability of equilibrium. Numerical examples.
6 Center of gravity: Definitions and fundamental concepts. Centroids of areas. Centroids of plane distributed loads.
7 Mid-term exam.
8 Centers of gravity: Numerical examples.
9 Moments of inertia: Fundamental concepts. Moment of inertia of an area. Polar moment of inertia. Paraller-axis theorem. Product of inertia.
10 Moments of inertia: Numerical examples.
11 Trusses: Fundamental concepts and principles. Analysis of internal forces in truss members by the method of joints. Numerical examples.
12 Trusses: Analysis of internal forces in truss members by the method of sections. Numerical examples.
13 Beams and internal forces in beams: Definitions and fundamental concepts. Functions of internal forces. Axial force, shear force and bending moment diagrams. Numerical examples.
14 Internal forces in beams: Relations amoung distributed load, shear, and bending moment. Practical sketch of axial force, shear force and bending moment diagrams. Numerical examples.

Recomended or Required Reading

o Lecture notes.
o R.C. Hibbeler, S.C. Fan, Mühendislik Mekaniği-Statik.
o Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Mühendisler için Mekanik-Statik.
o F.P.Beer, E.R.Johnston, E.R. Eisenberg, Mühendisler için Vektör Mekaniği-Statik.
o John L. Meriam, L. Glenn Kraige, Mühendislik Mekaniği-Statik.
o Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mühendisler Için Mekanik-Statik.
o Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mühendisler Için Mekanik-Statik Çözümlü Problemler.
o Mehmet Bakioğlu, Necla Kadıoğlu, Statik Problemleri.
o Atilla Orbay, Statik.
Materials: Scientific calculator (students will need the help of a calculator in solving the problems).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture and numerical example applications will also be supplied during the lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 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

Midterm Exam 50% (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Final Exam 50% (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the 70% of the lectures is compulsory in order to be accepted to the final exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

taner.ucar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Any suitable time.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

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.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555