Diploma in Architect Engineer

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleSTRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURE I
Course Unit CodeAPX132
Course Unit DetailsInt.M. Architectural Engineering (Required Courses) - BA Architecture (Required Courses) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. To recognize and to be able to understand the role of the structural system of building structures and for various materials (Reinforcement concrete, Masonry structures, Timber structures and Metallic structures).
  2. To distinguish and understand the role of each structural element (plate, beam, truss, joint, column, foundation) and the type of loads supported by each of them.
  3. To understand the way transferring the external loads from the superstructure to the foundation.
  4. To be able to recognize the different boundary and support conditions of structural elements (fixed, pin, rolling) and the reaction loads developed at each support.
  5. To be able to use the equations of equilibrium in order to estimate the support loads.
  6. To understand the stress – strain scheme of a material and to estimate the modulus of elasticity (E) and the tension and compression strength from this scheme.
  7. To understand the different stressing developed on a beam section by axial force, shear force and bending moment.
  8. To understand the different role of the cross area, the moment of inertia and the length of a beam to the deflection of a beam under external loading.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsM. Demosthenous “Static and Architecture I” 
Course ContentsThis course focus on the issues related to the structural behavior of the structures. The synthesis of the structural system and the role of each structural member (plate, beam, joint, column, foundation e.t.c.). on the hole structural behavior and the stability of the structure is examined. Also the cases of loading and the conditions of tension, compression, bending, buckling, shear and torsion of the structural members are studied. Indeed, the role of the boundary support conditions, the geometrical configuration of the structural members and the modulus of elasticity is examined on the developing of stressing and deformation under loading of simple structural members is examined.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Beton Kalender 1984, Vol. 1
  • Beton Kalender 1984, Vol. 2
  • Beton Kalender 1984, Vol. 3
  • Beton Kalender 1984, Vol. 4
References
    Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and computer-aided presentations. Lecture notes and presentations 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 describe various building structural systems, with different materials and to give simple structural solutions for specific problems. At the second project the students have to do many calculations to estimate and correlate the deflection of various beams with different boundary conditions (supports).
     
    Assessment methods and criteria
    Assignment 120%
    Assignment 220%
    Final Exam60%
    Language of instructionGreek
    Work placement(s)NO

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