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Construction Science
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Overview
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Course Objectives
The Laboratory intends to identify and investigate innovative solutions for the ecological transition, combining functional operational needs of technological devices with structural requirements and aspects inherent to the use of resources and production processes.
In particular, the laboratory intends to provide knowledge and technical tools to develop a design project in collaboration between the other discipplines that considers structural and construction aspects with attention to the life cycle of the product, or to the materials used, production of components, transport, assembly, maintenance, use, disassembly.
Students will develop skills useful for controlling shapes and structures of products of significant dimensions. Through the design exercise, they will experiment with individual and collective design methods to create objects intended to fit into an urban setting or landscape, investigating relationships with the context and checking structural coherence and technical feasibility.
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
General skills of 3D modelling, technical drawing and visual communication.
Basic knowledge of Structural Statics and Equilibrium Theory aimed at describing the global behavior of structural elements subjected to external actions under appropriate static and kinematic boundary conditions.
Teaching Methods
1_ COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING
The teaching is structured in a series of theoretical lessons alternating with practical exercises by the module teacher.
The theoretical lessons include general scientific notions and more specific technical knowledge.
Lectures (hours/year): 30
Exercises (hours/year): 30
Calendar of training activities
See Teaching calendar.
Attendance at at least 70% of the course lessons is recommended.
Working or non-attending students will be allowed to agree on the learning path with the teachers.
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
Exam:
- Evaluation of results produced in the exercises carried out in the laboratory modules
- Evaluation of the project proposal elaborated by the students with the following criteria: i) project concept (clarity, coherence with respect to the objective, technical validity); ii) technical validity (technical documentation of structural calculations, building elements and life cycle processes)
- Evaluation of the presentation and discussion of the project during the discussion: i) communication and ability to present the contents of the proposal; ii) ability to support the comparison with the commission with references to theoretical notions acquired during the course.
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.
Method of carrying out the exam:
Discussion and report of the project documents produced during the year
Texts
In Italian:
· S. Di Pasquale, C. Messina, L. Paolini, B. Furiozzi- Nuovo Corso di Costruzioni- Vol. 1,2, Le Monnier, 2009
· E. Viola, Esercitazioni di Scienza delle Costruzioni – vol. 1 e 2, Pitagora, Bologna, 1993(vol 1), 1985 (vol 2).
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.
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION
The Laboratory aims to transmit skills to carry out design projects aimed at the energy / ecological transition in the Mediterranean context. Case studies will be industrially produced devices such as integrated systems to generate renewable energy (e.g. photovoltaic shelters, wave energy converters, wind turbines), Nature Based Solutions (e.g. vertical gardens, vertical farms, hydroponic/aquaponic greenhouses, systems for water harvesting or for outdoor passive ventilation and UHIE mitigation) and other devices for sustainable mobility (e.g. suspended footbridges, electric vehicle charging stations) and social inclusion (e.g. installations for collective activities). The Laboratory integrates disciplines for the control in the design phase of the structural aspects (mechanical behavior of fundamental structural types such as beams, frames, arches, etc.), the construction aspects (constructive elements and joints) and of the product life cycle (production, transport, use, maintenance and end of life), analyzing resistance and durability of materials, assembly and disassembly of construction parts. Furthermore, environmental, social and economic implications in the Mediterranean context will be discussed and evaluated to address design choices. In particular, knowledge transfer to students through the specific module include the knowledge of the static and mechanical requirements of materials and structures that the design project must necessarily satisfy. The main topics covered concern: the study of continuous solids, the analysis of the state of tension and deformation, the resistance criteria, the technical theories capable of providing analytical models for the calculation of individual isostatic and hyperstatic structural elements. The proposed learning itinerary involves the introduction of theoretical concepts always with reference to real problems relating to a structural design process.
2_COURSE PROGRAMME
- Study of the fundamental principles and theories for understanding the mechanical behavior of structural elements through the analysis of the state of tension and deformation, the study of resistance criteria and technical theories capable of providing analytical models for the calculation of single isostatic and hyperstatic structural elements.
- Structural analysis of the case studies object of the design exercise through a learning itinerary that provides for the introduction of theoretical concepts always with reference to the real problems to be faced and solved in a structural design process.
3_EXPECTED RESULTS
Students will have to acquire the ability to recognize the structural organisms present within an existing artefact or those necessary within a newly created artefact. Learners will therefore have to acquire all the knowledge necessary to carry out a complete structural analysis.
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