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| INS5470 | Theory of Elastic Stability | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İsa ÇÖMEZ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Buckling characteristics of various structural elements and to present analytical and approximate methods used in the solution of stability problems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand the meaning of elastic stability phenomena. | 1,5 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | determine the buckling loads for various structural members. | 1,5 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | apply mathematical models for solving stability problems. | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Buckling of columns,Aproximate methods of analysis,Beams columns,Buckling of frames, Torsional buckling,Buckling of plates,
Buckling of axially compressed cylindrical shells. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Buckling of columns | | | Week 2 | Euler columns | | | Week 3 | Inelastic buckling of columns | | | Week 4 | Approximate methods of analysis.Energy methods | | | Week 5 | Method of finite differences | | | Week 6 | Beams columns | | | Week 7 | Buckling of beams | | | Week 8 | Torsional buckling | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Lateral buckling of beams | | | Week 11 | Buckling of plates | | | Week 12 | Finite-difference method applied to plate buckling | | | Week 13 | Bending of circular cylindrical shell loaded symetrically with respect to its axis | | | Week 14 | Buckling of axially compressed cylindrical shells | | | Week 15 | Buckling of axially compressed cylindrical shells | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Chajes,A.1974 ; Principle of Structural Stability Theory , Prentice-Hall, Englewood,N.J. | | | 2 | Timoshenko,S.P. J.M.Gere,1961; Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw-Hill ,New York | | | |
| 1 | Simitses,G. An Introduction to the Elastic Stability of Structures, Prentice-Hall Englewood,N.J. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 5
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12 | | 2
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2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 14 | 98 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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