Jonathan Ochshorn
Room 121-B, Rand Hall
Department of Architecture
Cornell University
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ARCH 263: Structural Concepts
Course Outline, Summer 2001
week date topic text #1* text #2*
1 Mon 6/4 Modeling the structure; geometry and loads 22-29;
69-82		 Ch. 1
Tues 6/5 Degrees of freedom; constraints; determinacy
Wed 6/6 Equations of equilibrium; free-body diagrams; reactions 91-101 Ch. 2 (19-85)
Thurs 6/7 Review
2 Mon 6/11 Axial force systems; axial stress 130 Ch. 2 (91-104); 4
Tues 6/12 Buckling of compressive bars 255-258 Ch. 11
Wed 6/13 Internal forces in beams; moment-shear relationship 102-107 Ch. 6
Thurs 6/14 Moment-shear diagrams
3 Mon 6/18 Bending stress: derivation of equations 132-134 Ch. 7
Tues 6/19 Bending stress: moment of inertia, transfer of axis theorem 113-119 Ch. 3
Wed 6/20 Shear stress: derivation of equations, static moment 134-137 Ch. 8
Thurs 6/21 Review
4 Mon 6/25 Mid-term exam
Tues 6/26 Moment-shear diagrams (review)
Wed 6/27 Pinned frames/arches 467-484 Ch. 2 (86-90)
Thurs 6/28 Multi-span beams
5 Mon 7/2 Trusses: determinacy; section method 491-507 Ch. 12
Tues 7/3 Trusses: joint method
Wed 7/4 NO CLASS
Thurs 7/5 Cables 708-720
6 Mon 7/9 Indeterminate frames: approximate methods 394-424
Tues 7/10 Indeterminate structures: analytic strategies
Wed 7/11 Review
Thurs 7/12 Final exam
* Supplementary texts:
  • Text #1: Wolfgang Schueller, The Design of Building Structures, Prentice Hall, 1996

  • Text #2: Ronald E. Shaeffer, Elementary Structures for Architects and Builders, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.

  • The texts are meant to be supplementary reading, and may not correspond exactly to course content. You are responsible only for material presented in class. Both texts are on reserve in the Fine Arts Library.

originally posted: 22 May 2001; last updated: 22 May 2001