Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURE I | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | APX132 | ||||||||
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 | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | M. Demosthenous “Static and Architecture I” | ||||||||
Course Contents | This 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. | ||||||||
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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 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). | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |