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| ARCH 263: Structural Concepts Course Outline, Summer 2000 | |||
| week | date | topic | reading* |
| 1 | Tues 5/30 | Modeling the structure; geometry and loads | Ch. 1 |
| Wed 5/31 | Degrees of freedom; constraints; determinacy | ||
| Thurs 6/1 | Equations of equilibrium; free-body diagrams; reactions | Ch. 2 (19-85) | |
| 2 | Mon 6/5 | Axial force systems; axial stress | Ch. 2 (91-104); 4 |
| Tues 6/6 | Buckling of compressive bars | Ch. 11 | |
| Wed 6/7 | Internal forces in beams; moment-shear relationship | Ch. 6 | |
| Thurs 6/8 | Moment-shear diagrams | ||
| 3 | Mon 6/12 | Bending stress: derivation of equations | Ch. 7 |
| Tues 6/13 | Bending stress: moment of inertia, transfer of axis theorem | Ch. 3 | |
| Wed 6/14 | Shear stress: derivation of equations, static moment | Ch. 8 | |
| Thurs 6/15 | Review | ||
| 4 | Mon 6/19 | Mid-term exam | |
| Tues 6/20 | Moment-shear diagrams (review) | ||
| Wed 6/21 | Pinned frames/arches | Ch. 2 (86-90) | |
| Thurs 6/22 | Multi-span beams | ||
| 5 | Mon 6/26 | Trusses: determinacy; section method | Ch. 12 |
| Tues 6/27 | Trusses: joint method | ||
| Wed 6/28 | Cables | ||
| Thurs 6/29 | Introduction to indeterminate frames | ||
| 6 | Mon 7/3 | No class | |
| Tues 7/4 | No class | ||
| Wed 7/5 | Review | ||
| Thurs 7/6 | Final exam | ||
| * Supplementary text: Ronald E. Shaeffer, Elementary Structures for Architects and Builders, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 1998. The text is meant to be supplementary reading, and may not correspond exactly to course content. You are responsible only for material presented in class.
originally posted: 24 May 2000; last updated: 24 May 2000 | |||