COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4236 ENGINEERING STRUCTURES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN MURAT TANARSLAN

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

In the course content, engineering structures will be evaluated in detail. First, special and signature buildings are investigated through different structural analysis methods. In the course content, hall structures will be evaluated. Beams, columns and foundations will be investigated. Composite structural members will be investigated. Lateral buckling and support conditions will be investigated. In the course content, architectural concepts are also explained. Structural analyses, and analyses methods are considered in detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding engineering structure concepts
2   Gaining engineering structure concepts in comparison
3   Selecting different structural criteria and structural design for different cases
4   Connecting new concepts and developments in course content
5   Classification engineering structure concepts and their analyses
6   Communication in different analysis procedures for engineering structure concepts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Engineering structures and their histories
2 Engineering structures and project details
3 Vertical and Horizontal loading cases
4 Beams
5 Profile analyses
6 Lateral staibility and buckling analyses
7 Support analyses
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Columns
10 Steel columns and their analyses
11 Examples for dimensioning
12 Structural system analysis
13 Foundations and footing systems
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Engineering Sign Structures: An Introduction to Analysis and Design, Benjamin Jones (May 1, 1998)

Materials: Course notes and presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and lecture notes. All lecture notes will be provided to students before hand.

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 * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-3, 5: Evaluated through mid terms and final exams.
LO 4, 6: Evaluated through term projects and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered and term projects will be delivered in the beginning of the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Hasan Murat TANARSLAN (murat.tanarslan@deu.edu.tr)

Office Hours

Will be announced by the instructors within the first week of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.2445
LO.345
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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