COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRENGTH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2618 STRENGTH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TANER UÇAR

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the student with fundamental concepts and principles of strength of materials, mechanical properties of materials, factor of safety and allowable stress, stress-strain relations, state of simple and combined stresses, different types of stresses and their distributions, analysis of stress, elastic curve, and also to demonstrate the importance of these concepts in architectural design of the structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Introducing to fundamental principles and concepts of strength of materials
2   Explaining stresses and strains in structural members
3   Becoming skilful at designing different structural members under various stress conditions
4   Analyzing deflections and rotations at beams subjected to external loading
5   Applying appropriate solutions with regarding to characteristics of structural systems and architectural design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MIM 2615 - STATICS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and historical background. Fundamental concepts and principles. Mechanical properties of materials. Factor of safety and allowable stress.
2 State of simple stresses - Definitions and fundamental concepts. Internal forces.
3 Axial normal force (tension and compression). Numerical examples.
4 Simple shear force and numerical applications.
5 Stress-strain relations. Hooke's law. Numerical examples. Simple (pure) bending of beams. Assumptions and hypothesis.
6 Fundamentals of simple bending and normal stress formula. Numerical examples and applications related with simple bending of beams.
7 State of combined stresses: Normal force and bending moment. Definitions and fundamental concepts. Eccentricity. Numerical examples.
8 State of combined stresses: Shear force and bending moment. Definitions and fundamental concepts.
9 Shear force and bending moment. Numerical examples.
10 Mid-term exam.
11 State of stresses at a point: Uniaxial stress. Graphical representation (Mohr s circle) of uniaxial stress. Numerical examples.
12 Biaxial stress. Graphical representation (Mohr's circle) of biaxial stress. Numerical examples.
13 Elastic curve: Fundamental concepts and definitions. Differential equation of elastic curve. Numerical examples.
14 Numerical examples and applications of elastic curve.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
[1] Mustafa Inan, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti.
[2] S.P. Timoshenko, Strength of Materials Parts I&II.
[3] Egor Popov, Mukavemet-Katı Cisimlerin Mekaniğine Giriş.
[4] F.P.Beer and R.Johnston, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti.
[5] Mehmet Bakioğlu, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti Cilt 1.
[6] Mehmet Bakioğlu, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti Problem Kitabı Cilt 1.
[7] Mehmet Bakioğlu, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti Cilt 2.
[8] Mehmet Bakioğlu, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti Problem Kitabı Cilt 2.
[9] Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mukavemet Cilt 1.
[10] Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mukavemet Çözümlü Problemler Cilt 1.
[11] Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mukavemet Cilt 2.
[12] Mehmet H. Omurtag, Mukavemet Çözümlü Problemler Cilt 2.
[13] Tekin Özbek, Mukavemet.
[14] Mehmet Bakioğlu, Cisimlerin Mukavemeti.
[15] M.Bakioğlu, N. Kadıoğlu ve H. Engin, Mukavemet Problemleri (Kısa Teori ve Problemler) Cilt 1.
[16] N. Kadıoğlu, H. Engin ve M.Bakioğlu, Mukavemet Problemleri Cilt 2.

References:
Materials: Scientific calculator (students will need help of a calculator in solving the problems).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught interactively 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 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

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.1233
LO.2233
LO.3233
LO.4233
LO.5233

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