Lecturer: Carlo Cinquini  

Course name: Complementi di scienza delle costruzioni
Course code: 502885
Degree course: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
Disciplinary field of science: ICAR/08
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
University credits: CFU 6
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The basic aim of the course is to complete student basic preparation on the discipline, following the elements developed in bachelors degree. Generally speaking, an engineer with fundamental knowledge in structural mechanics is expected to be formed.

Course programme

Stability
Static method and energy method for buckling problems. Raileigh quotient, Trefftz method.

Elements of Continuum Mechanics

Elements of Beam Theory

Plates
Basic hypotheses and formulations.

Bending plates
Characteristics and examples.

Shells
Revolution shells: theory and basic examples.

Course entry requirements

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Cinquini C . Lezioni di Scienza delle Costruzioni. Schonenfeld & Ziegler, Milano.

Cinquini C . Appunti di Teoria delle strutture Bidimensionali. Schonenfeld & Ziegler, Milano.

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

Corradi Dell’Acqua L. Meccanica della Strutture, vol. I, II, III. McGraw-Hill, Milano.

Baker E.H., Kovalewsky L., Rish F.L. Structural Analysis of Shells. McGraw Hill.

Testing and exams

Oral exam.