Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understanding general principles of structural mechanics
• Gaining a good qualitative understanding of how structures deform in order to resist external loading and forced displacements through internal forces balancing and energy approaches
• The course provides the fundamental knowledge to understand and analyze the mechanical and stability behavior of load-bearing frame structures
• Upon successfully completing this course, the student will understand the limitations of the models, assess their limitations when applied to realistic structures, and be able to give some reliability estimates for the analysis resulting from the application of the models

Credits: 5

Schedule: 21.10.2024 - 02.12.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Sergei Khakalo

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  • General Principle of Structural Mechanics
  • Beam models: Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models
  • Mechanics of elastic frame statically determinate and indeterminate structures
  • Elastic Stability and geometrically non-linear effects
  • Plastic Limit Load Analysis
  • Eigen Frequency Analysis (Natural modes)

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures, reading assignments, guided exercise sessions, personal homework assignments and exams

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  • Contact teaching -- Lectures 18%:

  - 2x 2h /week = 4h/week (total 24h)
  

  • Contact teaching -- Theoretical exercises & Guided Homework solving Sessions   27%:

  - 3x  2h /week = 6h/week  (total 36h)

  • Contact teaching -- Laboratory work 1.5%

  - 2h (only when registered to the course less than 40 students) (total 2h)

  • Independent Studying -- Reading 18%:

  - 2 double-hours per week (total 24h)
  - self-studies: reading assignments, reading and writing the derivations in the lectures supporting material and/or textbook

  • Independent Studying -- Theoretical + Computational Exercises (= Homework) Assignments 27%:
    
    • - 2 + 2 + 2 hours per week (total 36h)
      - self-studies for theoretical, hands-on exercises: modeling, problem solving, calculating, writing solution documents for homework
  • Final Exam and Preparation 10%:
    - 3 + 10 hours (total 13h)

  (3h - examination twice during the academic year)

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Textbooks, lectures, homework and guided exercise sessions, student's personal notes, and some additional supporting material

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
  2025-2026 Autumn II

  Registration:

  Registration for course will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi). Compulsory

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