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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TJT 1008 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCIHAN TAŞKIN

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

Investigation of the equilibrium state of the rigid bodies under static loading

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to describe the force and equilibrium concepts 2   Able to express the forces in vector form 3   Able to describe the rigid body idealization 4   Able to solve the status of two-dimensional and three-dimensional effect of forces on an object 5   Able to define the concepts of support and the rod system 6   Able to calculate the support reaction of two dimensional beam elements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to Mechanics 2 Analitical Investigation of the Vectors 3 Problems on Analitical Investigation of the Vectors 4 Force and Equilibrium 5 Center of Gravity 6 Problems on Force and Equilibrium, and Center of Gravity 7 Mid Term Exam 8 Moment of Inertia 9 Problems on Moment and Inertia 10 Support Systems 11 Support Reaction of Simply Supported Beams 12 The methods of the Calculation of the Support Reactions of Simply Supported Beams 13 Problems and Solutions of Support Reactions 14 Problems and Solutions of Support Reactions

Recomended or Required Reading

Karataş, H., Işler, Ö., 2003, Statics Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Çağlayan Publishing, Istanbul (in Turkish) Statics Course Script: Dr. Cihan Taylan Akdağ (in Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course involves theoretical lecture and problem solutions related to the subject. The lecture continues in the form of mutual discussion between the lecturer and the students after introduction and basic description of the subject. Problems are given as homework for each related subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 PRC PRACTICE 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid term exam : %25 Homework: %25 Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

taylan.akdag@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 1 5 5 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 LO.3 1 1 LO.4 1 1 LO.5 1 1 LO.6 1 1