Lecturer: Claudio Carino  

Course name: Advanced Structural Mechanics
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: ECTS 6
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The course is intended primarily to provide the student with the necessary elements to complete the basic training in the discipline, only partially developed in the Bachelor's level. It also provides some additional content, with the goal of forming an Engineer with the basic structural skills and still able to properly deal with the most complex problems.

Course programme

Elements of continuum mechanics

Advanced structural analysis

Automatic structural analysis by the finite element method

Plates and shells - Definitions and formulations

Tanks and pipes - Solutions for special cases

Course entry requirements

The course requires the knowledge of Structural Mechanics. Elements of Numerical Analysis and Programming are also important.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 36
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 18
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Copies of lecture slides will be distributed periodically to the students.

O. Belluzzi. Scienza delle Costruzioni. Vol. III. Zanichelli, Bologna.

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

Testing and exams

One practical exam (automatic structural analysis) and the oral exam.