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| INS7371 | Experimental Behaviour of Structures | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed to provide students get to know a structural mechanics lab. , how to make a structural member experimental setup and to know loading and measuring instruments. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know a materials and structural mechanics laboratory in civil engineering. | 1 | | | PO - 2 : | gain loading and measuring devices. | 1,3 | | | PO - 3 : | gain structural member (Reinforced concrete or steel members) test setup. | 3 | | | PO - 4 : | gain of evaluation of test results. | 2 | | | 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 | | |
| Introduction. Importance and necessity of experimental studies in structural mechanics. Description of general lab. equipments. Routine and special experiments realised in structural lab. Designing and preparing of a test set-up. Terms of load, deformation and strain. Characteristics of mechanical and electronic measurement devices. Types of loading systems. Static and dynamic loadings. Recording of data. and evaluation of experimental results. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, importance and necessity of experimental studies in structural mechanics. | | | Week 2 | Definition of structural mechanics labs and materials labs. | | | Week 3 | Definition of general lab equipments and devices. | | | Week 4 | Mechanical, hydro-mechanical and electro-mechanical measuring devices and their usages. | | | Week 5 | Importance of experimental study of structural behaviour. | | | Week 6 | Determining of load-displacement and stress-strain relationships. | | | Week 7 | Experiments performing in a structural mechanics lab. | | | Week 8 | Designing and preparig of experimental set-ups | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Designing and preparig of experimental set-ups | | | Week 11 | Loading systems. Types of static and dynamic loading. | | | Week 12 | Recording, storing, and evaluation of experimental data. | | | Week 13 | Experimental investigation of shear behaviour of concrete. | | | Week 14 | Experimental investigation of a RC beam subjected to monotonic bending loading. | | | Week 15 | Experimental invstigation of a steel column subjected to lateral cyclic loading. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term Exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Laboratuar çalışması | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Uygulama | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 84 |
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