Lecturer: Claudio Carino  

Course name: Fundamentals Of Mechanics Of Materials and Structures
Course code: 502471
Degree course: Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale
Disciplinary field of science: ICAR/08
The course relates to:
University credits: CFU 6
Course website: http://claudiocarino.angelfire.com/sdc.html

Specific course objectives

The main purpose of the course is to provide students with general criteria for studying structural systems as well as with fundamentals of continuum mechanics, aiming at the structural analysis of a particular system. Further, basic concepts for design of simple structures are illustrated and essentials of computational structural analysis are introduced.

Course programme

1. Rigid body systems
Constraints. Kinematic analysis. Static Analysis. Structural determinacy. Unstable structures. Analytic and synthetic solution methods for static equilibrium. Evaluation of reaction forces and moments. Modeling of structural systems.

2. Internal force analysis
Trusses. Beams. Axial force, shear and bending moment diagrams.

3. Continuum mechanics
Stress and strain. Elastic moduli. Mass properties. De St. Venant’s problem. Tension and compression. Bending. Shear. Torsion. Combined stresses.

4. Statically indeterminate structures
Strain in trusses and beams. Methods for the evaluation of element forces and displacements. Continuous beams. Application of Mohr’s analogy for the assessment of indeterminate structures.

5. Basic concepts for design
Structural elements subject to combined loads. Column design and elastic buckling.

6. Complex indeterminate structures
Introduction to displacement method and to computational structural analysis.

Course entry requirements

The course requires the knowledge of Calculus (Analisi Matematica), Linear Algebra (Geometria e Algebra) and Theoretical Mechanics (Fisica Matematica).

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 38
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 14
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

R. Baldacci . Scienza delle Costruzioni. Vol. I, II. UTET.

O. Belluzzi . Scienza delle Costruzioni. Vol. I, II. Zanichelli, Bologna.

C.Goggi. Esercitazioni di Scienza delle Costruzioni . Sold at CUSL.

Testing and exams

One written exam and the oral exam. Particularly, 2 exam sessions will be scheduled during the period January-February, 1 in June or July and 1 in September. Students must register for the written exam at the Department of Structural Mechanics, not later than the day preceding the examination date.