ARC 357COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF BUILDING

STRUCTURES2012-2013 Spring Term

ARC 357COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF BUILDING

STRUCTURES2012-2013 Spring Term

INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT ofARCHITECTURE

• Class Schedule: Monday: 13:00-13:45 (Lectures) Wednesday: 13:00-15:45 (Practical Session) • Office Hour: Open Door Policy

Course Objectives

• This course aims to introduce students with computer aplication for structural analysis of building and investigates the use of computers in architectural design and construction.

• Main objective of the course is to make a survey of the elements influencing the behavior of structures. Starting with the use of appropriate approximate methods and structural models, the course handles the analysis of columns, continuous beams, trusses, arches, curved beams, plates and shells.

• The students will be able to use basic computer programs for analysis of building structures.

• At the end of the course the learner is expected to be able to make the structural analysis of basic structures by computer programs.

1. Johan Blaauwendraad, Plates and FEM, Surprises and Pitfalls, Springer, 2010.

2. J.N.Reddy, An Introduction to The Finite Element Method, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005.

3. Daryl L. Logan, A First Course in the Finite Element Method, Fourth Edition, Chris Carson, 2007

4. Singiresu S. Rao, The Finite Element Method in Engineering, fifth edition. Elsevier, 2011.

5. Aslam Kassimali, Matrix Analysis of Structures, second edition. Global Engineering: Christopher M. Shortt, 2012.

Textbooks

Brief Contents

• Introduction to Computer Analysis.

• Basic Concepts of Numerical Analysis

• Finite Element Method and its Application

• Finite Elements formulation for One-Dimensional Problems

• Finite Elements Formulation for Two-Dimensional Problems

• 2D Analysis of Structural Elements, SAP 2000

• Finite Elements Formulation for Multidimensional Problems

• 3D Analysis of Buildings, SAP 2000

• 3D Analysis of Buildings, ETABS

Grading

Attendance and Activity 10%Assignment no.1 15%Assignment no.2 15%Assignment no.3 15%Midterm Examination 20%Final Examination 25%

• Introduction to Computer Analysis• Basic Concepts of Numerical Analysis• Fundamental Laws of Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive

Relationships• Finite Element Method • Finite Elements formulation for One-Dimensional Problems;

Single Bar and Beam Elements• Finite Elements Formulation for Two-Dimensional Problems• 2D Analysis of Structural Elements, SAP 2000• Finite Elements Formulation for Multidimensional Problems;

Plate and Shell Elements• 3D Analysis of Buildings, SAP 2000• 3D Analysis of Buildings, ETABS

Presentations