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Construction Science
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
EXPECTED RESULTS
Students are required to acquire skills to carry out a complete structural analysis in the field of structural engineering defining an appropriate mechanical model in terms of constituent material, geometry, boundary and loading conditions and adopting an analysis method to solve the related boundary value problem. The final goal of the course is to give all the theoretical and technical information aimed to plan structural interventions for repairing and restoring existing buildings as well as to design new structures also with reference to seismic actions.
SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES
In order to achieve the expected results for the course program and the proposed experimentation, the teaching offer, divided into different activities, pursues the following
Qualifying training objectives: Ability to recognize and/or design a resistant structural organism
Specific training objectives: Ability to carry out verification and/or pre-sizing calculations of structural elements
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of the basic concepts acquired in the Mathematics and Statics courses is expected.
Teaching Methods
1_ COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING
Lectures (hours/year): 40
Exercises (hours/year): 20
Calendar of training activities
See Teaching calendar.
2_ AUTONOMOUS LEARNING OF THE STUDENT
For each ECT equal to 25 hours (of which 10 hours face-to-face with Teacher and 15 carried out by the Student) the following is expected:
- 10 hours dedicated to purely theoretical study
- 5 hours dedicated to carrying out application exercises
Assessment Methods
The acquired knowledge will be verified through tests developed during and / or at the end of the course and through an oral exam. In particular, a written test is envisaged in which the student can acquire 3 ECTS and an oral exam in which the student can acquire 3 more ECTS. The questions that form the written test or the oral exam will cover both theoretical issues and the solution of simple structural organisms treated during the classroom exercises and, finally, the discussion of applicative works developed during the year.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
· 30 - 30 cum laude: a completely organic vision of the topics addressed, presented with excellent critical skills and more than appropriate language;
· 26 - 29: a good knowledge of the topics dealt with and ability to analyze and summarize, correct but not entirely appropriate language;
· 22-25: a fair knowledge of the topics dealt with and with little capacity for analysis and synthesis, language not entirely appropriate;
· 18-21: just enough knowledge of the topics, with training gaps and inappropriate language;
· Insufficient: strong training gaps; inability to explain concepts in an articulated way; inappropriate language.
Texts
In Italian:
· S. Di Pasquale, C. Messina, L. Paolini, B. Furiozzi- Nuovo Corso di Costruzioni- Vol. 1,2, Le Monnier, 2009
· F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Scienza delle Costruzioni, introduzione alla meccanica dei materiali, Ed.McGraw-Hill libri Italia s.r.l., Milano, 1997.
· E. Viola, Esercitazioni di Scienza delle Costruzioni – vol. 1 e 2, Pitagora, Bologna, 1993(vol 1), 1985 (vol 2).
· O. Belluzzi, Scienza delle Costruzioni – vol. I, Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1982.
· E.Benvenuto, La Scienza delle Costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Ed. Sansoni, Firenze, 1981.
In English:
· F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, J.T. DeWolf, D.F. Mazurek. Mechanics of Materials, McGraw-Hill Education, 7th Edition, 2014.
· E.P. Popov. Engineering mechanics of solids, Prentice Hall 2nd Edition, 1998.
· J.R. Barber, A.Klarbring. Solid Mechanics and its Applications, Springer Series, 1990-2016.
Reference sitography; Other educational material
Solved Exercises of Statics and Solid Mechanics -- Esercizi svolti di Statica e Meccanica delle Strutturehttps://studentiunirc-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/paolo_fuschi_unirc_it/EhRgVGQYrEpEuFIc8Jc8JN0BWIPbYB1pk1eokmrqVuFxGg?e=jSkoG4
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION
The Course is aimed at providing to the Students an understanding of the physical-mechanical behavior of solids and structural elements refining their intuition on the analysis of existing or new structures. The main topics are: continuous solids, stress and strain analysis, strength criteria, technical theories able to provide analytical models for the calculation of statically determined and undetermined structural elements. Particular attention is given to the structural elements made of masonry viewed as no-tension-materials. The proposed learning process contemplates the introduction of theoretical concepts always with reference to real problems related to a real structural design process.
2_COURSE PROGRAMME
Introduction: general concepts, buildings, structures, structural elements, structural elements analysis, course and lesson plan. Analysis of Continuum: stress and strain concepts, tests on materials, stress-strain relationships, generalized Hooke’s law. The Saint Venant principle, the technical theory of the beam, simple statically undetermined problems. Simple loads on beams: axial force, pure bending, bending in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous materials, bending of members made of several materials, simple shear, shear in bending, torsion, unsymmetric bending, buckling and Eulerian critical load. Not simple loads on beams: bending in presence of axial force; neutral axis, position of neutral axes and central core, no tension materials. Masonry structures: general consideration and remarks, the arches, the vaults, the verification and the design. Deformation in structural elements: introductory concepts, strain analysis under axial force, strain analysis under bending, examples (cantilever beam, simple supported beam). Kinematic method, the elastic, the multi-span beams, the continuum beams, the virtual work principle, the unit force method. Undetermined structures: the force method, single span beams, practical examples, the virtual work principle as a solving method, Statically undetermined plane structures. Methods of verification: the ultimate-limit-state method.