| CODE | CVE3611 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Theory of Structures 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Civil and Structural Engineering | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce principles of stress and strain at a point within a structural material, including the determination of the principal stresses and strains; - To introduce basic concepts of constitutive stress-strain relationships for different structural material; - To introduce basic concepts of equilibrium of forces and compatibility of displacements within structural systems; - To introduce basic concepts of elastic material physical constants and strain energy principles; - To introduce the principles of simple elastic theory of bending for homogenous and composite beams with asymmetric, mono-symmetric, bi-symmetric and rotationally-symmetric cross-sections; - To introduce the principles of elementary plastic bending behaviour. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Assess and determine the two-dimensional state of stress and strain at a point within a structural material; - Apply the concepts of equilibrium of forces and compatibility of displacements for the solution of simple structural problems; - Determine the maximum tensile and compressive bending stresses as well as the maximum shear stress within a cross-section of a structural beam member under flexural loading; - Determine the maximum plastic moment of resistance of simple beam cross-sections. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Case, J., Chilver, A.H. & Ross, T.F., ‘Strength of Materials and Structures’, 4th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999. ISBN No.: 0-340-71920-6; - Jenkins, W.M., ‘Structural Mechanics and Analysis – Level IV/V’, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1982. ISBN Mo.: 0-442-30361-0; - Popov, E., ‘Mechanics of Materials’, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1978. ISBN Mo.: 0-13-571158-4; - Timoshenko, S.P. & Goodier, J.N., ‘Theory of Structures’, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, London, 1970. ISBN No.: 0-07-085805-5; - Gere, J.M. & Timoshenko, S.P., ‘Mechanics of Materials’, 8th Edition (Revised by Gere, J.M. & Goodno, B.J.), Global Engineering, Stamford, 2009. ISBN No.: 1-111-57774-9 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jeanette Mireille Abela |
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