Unit MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES
- Course
- Building engineering and architecture
- Study-unit Code
- 70999512
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Massimiliano Gioffre'
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE LABORATORY
| Code | 70000403 |
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| CFU | 3 |
| Teacher | Nicola Cavalagli |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | ICAR/08 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Matrix structural analysis and introduction to the computational structural mechanics through the Finite Element Method |
| Reference texts | R. Baldacci, Scienza delle Costruzioni, I - II, Utet L. Corradi dell'Acqua, Meccanica delle strutture, I - II - III, McGraw-Hill |
| Educational objectives | Analysis of truss and frame structures through matrix methods. |
| Prerequisites | Basic concepts derived by Mathematics, Geometry, Rational Mechanics and Physics. |
| Teaching methods | Lectures and laboratory practice exercises |
| Learning verification modality | Execution of practice exercises |
| Extended program | The displacement method. Introduction to matrix structural analysis. Stiffness matrix, transposition matrix, topological matrix for: - Truss Element - Beam Element Resolution and determination of the internal forces. Modeling of structural constraints, e.g. pinned beams and diaphragm behavior of frame structures. Introduction to the Finite Element Method and to the use of software dedicated to the structural analysis (e.g. SAP2000). Execution of practice exercises regarding truss and frame structures to be solved through matrix analysis and FE method. |
MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES
| Code | 70000409 |
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| CFU | 9 |
| Teacher | Massimiliano Gioffre' |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Analisi e progettazione strutturale per l'architettura |
| Academic discipline | ICAR/08 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Basics of Continuum mechanics. Displacements in elastic beams and structures. Statically indeterminate structures. Barré de Saint Venant problem. Plasticity and strength criteria. Stability of the elastic equilibrium. |
| Reference texts | R. Baldacci, Scienza delle Costruzioni, Volumi I e II, UTET, Torino. L. Nunziante, L. Gambarotta, A. Tralli, Scienza delle Costruzioni, McGraw-Hill Leone Corradi dell'Acqua - Meccanica delle strutture, Mc Graw Hill M. Capurso, Lezioni di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Pitagora, Bologna. |
| Educational objectives | Understanding the base principles and concepts of Mechanics aimed to manage the tools needed for structural analysis (design and verifications) of both one-dimensional elements and bi-, tri-dimensional continua. |
| Prerequisites | In order to be able to understand and apply the majority of the techniques described within the Course, the following knowledge is recommended: Maths: derivation and integration techniques for one-dimensional and bi-dimensional functions; differential equations. Physics and Meccanica Razionale: vector calculus; equilibrium equation both for static and dynamic problems. Geometry: vector spaces and linear operations; matrices and linear operators; linear systems; algebraic curves: conic curves. |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face both theoretical and practical classes. |
| Other information | Attendance to classes: optional but strongly advised. |
| Learning verification modality | Written test and oral exam. |
| Extended program | Strain analysis. Stress analysis. Principle of virtual works. Elastic bodies and energy related theorems. Elastic Beams. Energy based methods for systems of beams. Statically indeterminate structures and their solution. Barré de Saint Venant problem: axial force, bending moment, eccentric axial force, shear force and bending moment, torsion. Plasticity and strength criteria. Strength of materials. Safety assessment. Stability of the elastic equilibrium: buckling loads, Euler buckling. |