COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 6023 ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAMAZAN KARAKUZU

Offered to

Mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to give students a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts of anisotropic elasticity especially for orthotropic materials.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To find stress and strain analysis
2   To understand engineering problem types which can be solved by this theory
3   To learn orthotropic structures
4   To solve anisotropic problems in general engineering problems
5   To approach new methods for engineering problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The generalized hookes law
2 The transformation of elastic constants
3 Examples of anisotropic materials
4 The bending of a rod by moments
5 The bending of a rectangle plate by moments
6 The bending of a rod posesing cylindrical anisotropy
7 Midterm 1
8 The general case of distribution of stresses in homogeneous anisotropic body
9 Generalized expressions for the stress functions
10 Generalized plane deformations in a homogeneous anisotropic body
11 Midterm 2
12 Torsion
13 The symmetric distribution of stresses in a hollow cylinder
14 The bending of an orthotropic cantilever with a rectangular cross section

Recomended or Required Reading

Theory of elasticity of an anisotropic elastic body, S.G. Lekhnitskii

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical background is explained in details with presentations. Numerical examples are given for better understanding of theory. Homework (an ANSYS application) is given.

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 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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)

onur.sayman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 3 12
Preparing assignments 8 3 24
Design Project 1 16 16
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 2 4 8
Quiz etc. 4 1 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1535
LO.24445
LO.345
LO.4354
LO.535