Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURE III | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | APX232 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | Int.M. Architectural Engineering (Required Courses) - BA Architecture (Required Courses) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | APX134 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | M. Demosthenous “Static of Metallic and Wood structures” – Lecture Notes | ||||||||
Course Contents | This course focuses on the study of the structural behavior of metallic and wood structures. The types of sections of structural members and the details of connection and supporting of them is examined also. The cases of application of these structures, both in Cyprus and in other countries are presented. Final, the design of simple metallic and wood structures with numerical investigation of the stressing and deformation of structural members under loading is examined. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and a number of numerical exercises. Lecture notes are available through the class for students to use in combination with the relevant textbooks and other notes. Lectures are supplemented with two project works (assignments) carried out on an individual basis. In the first project, students are requested to investigate possible cases for the connection of metallic and wood structural elements, to check the possible failures of an existing structure due the overloading and to design a simple wood bridge using sections of wood beams offered by the market. At the second project, at the first stage the students make a market investigation to find the steel sections of structural elements offered by the market. At the second stage the students design the structural system of a metallic structure, such supermarket, parking place e.t.c., giving all the drawings, including details for the connections and descriptions about the stiffness of structure and the loading transferring form the roof to the foundation. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |