COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5037 ADVANCED STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET VEFA ORHON

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

Nowadays, advanced structural systems are an innovation in architecture. Therefore, the characteristics (geometry, material and carrier specifications) and area of usage in architecture of folded plate structures, glued laminated timber structures, shell structures, cable and membran structures, space frames and trusses, space domes will be handled and discussed during the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the term of structure meaning in architecture
2   Recognizing natural and artificial structures
3   Recognizing various specifications and classifications of structural systems
4   Analysing the usage of advanced structural systems in architecture
5   Designing an architectural project by using the advanced 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 1.1.Information about the course 1.2. Descriptions of topics 1.3. Introduction of new structural systems
2 Explanation of the term of structure 2.1. The meaning in architecture 2.2. Natural structures 2.3. Living and artificial structures 2.4.The classifications of structural systems
3 Folded plates 3.1.Behaviour like plates or curtain walls 3.2. Behaviour like plates or beams 3.3. Usefullnes of folding and folding samples 3.4. Materials
4 Glued laminated timber structures and 4.1. Applied samples 4.2. Decision of original design subjects
5 Shell structures.. 5.1. The defininition of shell, membran streching behaviour in shells 5.2. Selection of materials 5.3. Curvature. Main curvatures and Gauss curvature. 5.4. Classifications of shells, 5.5. Unique, even and rotating curved surfaces, translated surfaces, lineear surfaces 5.6. Cylindirical shells, reverse curved shells and samples Determination of original design subjects
6 Tension structures 6.1. Introduction, descriptions, historical development of tension structures Cable structures 6.2. Construction elements and their specifications, sorts of cables, wire groups, steel wire ropes, hanging points, connection points, anchorages, cable behaviors under load effects, rope polygons
7 Cable structures. 7.1. Single cable systems, double cable systems, cable net systems, applied samples 7.2. Definition. Samples periphery and daily life 7.3. The membrane streching behavior 7.4. Sorts of membrane materials and maintenance. Homogeneous, knitting and combined membrans Membrane structures 7.2. Definition. Samples periphery and daily life
8 Membrane structures 8.1. Principles of designing and construction. Minimal surfaces Pneumatic structures 8.2. Low and high pressure pneumatic structures. Single and double layer systems. 8.3. Applied samples
9 Space frame and truss structures 9.1. Descriptions. Historical development. Hypotheses and classifications. 9.2. Uniform and semi-uniform nets, dual nets. polyhedrons properly, semi-smooth polyhedrons, dual polyhedrons 9.3. Space frames and trusses. Possibilities of derivation 9.4. Applied samples. Mero, Okta-plate and Unistrut construction systems 9.5. Drawing techniques
10 Space frame and truss structures 10.1. Space frame and trusses with curved surface, vaults and domes with rode network 10.2. Geodesic domes
11 11.1. Presentation of student groups
12 12.1. Presentation of student groups
13 Mid-term
14 Submission of the research assignment

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
. Türkçü, Çetin (2003). Çağdaş Taşıyıcı Sistemler, Birsen yayınevi, I.Baskı, Istanbul.
. Allen, E., Iano, J., (2008), Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, Fifth edition, WILEY, United States of America.
. Natterer, J.,Herzog, T.,& Volz, M., (1990) Holzbau Atlas Zwei, Münih: Institu für Internationale Architectur-Dokumentation GmbH, München.
. Şen, N., (1990), Konut Teknolojisinde Endüstrileşme, DEÜMMF, Izmir.
. Türkçü,H.Ç., (1988), Endüstrileşmiş Yapım Konut Sorunu Açısından Irdelenmesi, DEÜMMF, Izmir.
. Türkçü,H.Ç.,(2004), Yapım, Birsen Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, visual class presentation techniques and research subject and discussion format

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 * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Homework and Presentation % 25 (LO4, LO5)
Final % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is assigned, 10 weeks for lectures, 2 weeks student class presentation of a research subjects

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

vefa.orhon@deu.edu.tr, (232) 301 84 49

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for tutorial exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111111
LO.21
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.511

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