Course Name | Statics and Strength of Materials |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ARCH 205 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to introduce architectural students to elementary engineering concepts, design principles, and practices providing the background for detailed design courses. The student will be able to visualize the two and three-dimensional structural members under various external forces and other excitations. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Scalar and vector quantities, resultant force, equilibrium of a particle, moment and force systems, free body diagrams, equilibrium of a rigid body, truss systems, internal forces in beams and columns, frictional forces. Stress and strain, mechanical properties of materials and Hooke’s law, factor of safety, area moment of inertia, axially loaded rods and beams and deformation of rods, axial force, |
| Core Courses | X |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | No preparation |
2 | Force vectors and resultant force systems, equilibrium of a particle | No preparation |
3 | Moment and equivalent force systems, free body diagrams | No preparation |
4 | Equilibrium of a rigid body | No preparation |
5 | Structural analysis of trusses | No preparation |
6 | Internal forces in beams and columns | No preparation |
7 | Midterm Exam 1 | No preparation |
8 | Deformable bodies, stress and strain concepts, mechanical properties of materials and Hooke’s law | No preparation |
9 | Axial load in rods, axial deformations | No preparation |
10 | Diagrams for internal forces | No preparation |
11 | Pure bending | No preparation |
12 | Design of beams | No preparation |
13 | Midterm Exam 2 | No preparation |
14 | Review 1 (Statics) | No preparation |
15 | Review 2 (Strength of Materials) | No preparation |
16 | Review of semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Weekly notes from “Statics and Mechanics of Materials, R.C. Hibbeler, Second Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall “ and Powerpoint Presentations |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Related internet resources |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 16 | 2 |
Laboratory / Application | 16 | 2 |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 16 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 2 | 40 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 37 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 4 | 5 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 10 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 2 | 10 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 16 | |
Total | 130 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Ability to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in architecture. | X | ||||
2 | Ability to understand, interpret and evaluate architectural concepts and theories. | X | ||||
3 | Ability to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of architecture.
| X | ||||
4 | Critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and to direct self-education. | X | ||||
5 | Ability to communicate architectural ideas and proposals for solutions to architectural problems in visual, written and oral form. | X | ||||
6 | Ability to support architectural thoughts and proposals for solutions to architectural problems with qualitative and quantitative data and to communicate these with specialists and non-specialists. | X | ||||
7 | Ability to use a foreign language to follow developments in architecture and to communicate with colleagues. | X | ||||
8 | Ability to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of architecture. | X | ||||
9 | Being equipped with social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of architectural data. | X | ||||
10 | Ability to collaborate with other disciplines that are directly or indirectly related to architecture with basic knowledge in these disciplines. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest