COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORY OF SHELLS AND PLATES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5010 THEORY OF SHELLS AND PLATES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OKAN ÖZDEMIR

Offered to

Mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics

Course Objective

The aim of this course to construct the theoretical basis of advanced plate and shells analysis. To teach the mechanical behaviour of plate and shell structures. To make ability of solving plate and shell problems using various solving techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify the plates and shells problems
2   To interpret the equilibrium equations, boundary conditions, compatibility equations.
3   To compare various solution methods pros and cons
4   To select the most convenient solution method
5   To analyze the results of the decided method.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts, Methods of Analysis, Conditions of Equilibrium, Stress, Stress Analysis of Simple Members, Axially Loaded Members, Stress Concentration Factors.
2 Torsion of Circular Bars, Stress in Beams and Deflection of Beams, Thin-walled Pressure Vessels, Yield and Fracture Criteria, Strain Energy, Castiglano's Theorem
3 Plates, General Behavior of Plates, Stresses and Stress Resultants, Boundary Conditions
4 Strain Energy of Plates, Energy Methods in Theory of Plates
5 Circular Plates, Basic Relations in Polar Coordinates.
6 Rectangular Plates, Navier's Solutions of Simply Supported Rectangular Plates, Lévy's Solutions of Simply Supported Rectangular Plates
7 Rectangular Plates (Continued), The Superposition Method, The Ritz Method
8 1. Midterm
9 Plates of Various Geometrical Forms, Triangular Plates, Eliptical Plates, Sector-Shaped Plates, Stress Concentration around Holes in a Plate
10 Numerical Methods, The Finite Element Method
11 Anisotropic Plates, Determination of Rigidities, Rectengular Ortotropic Plates, Applications of Navier's and Lévy s Methods
12 Eliptic and Circular Orthotropic Plates, The Energy Method
13 The Finite Element Method in Orthotropic Plates, Laminated Composite Plates
14 Plates under Combined Lateral and In-Plane Loads, Buckling, Application of the Energy Methods

Recomended or Required Reading

Stresses in Plates and Shells, Ansel C Ugural, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Singapoure.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be held as presentations, examples related to the subject at the end of each topic will be solved on the board. Homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
bulent.icten@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Lecturers will inform their suitable office hours on their weekly schedule on the office door.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparing Homework 2 6 12
Preparing Presentations 13 10 130
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 207

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.254244
LO.344244
LO.444244
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