• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Classify structural systems (stable/unstable,determinate/indeterminate) and load types

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Obtain basic knowledge of Civil Engineering
   2. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
   3. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
   4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
   5. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
2. Apply equations of static equilibrium to determine internal forces (axial forces, shear forces, and bending moments) in statically determinate beams, trusses, frames, arches and draw the internal force diagrams.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Obtain basic knowledge of Civil Engineering
   2. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
   3. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
   4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
   5. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
3. Draw influence line diagrams, and critically place live loads on statically determinate beams and frames using influence line diagrams.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Obtain basic knowledge of Civil Engineering
   2. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
   3. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
   4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
   5. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
4. Determine deflections of statically determinate beams, frames and trusses.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Obtain basic knowledge of Civil Engineering
   2. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
   3. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
   4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
   5. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper

Contents
Week 1:	General Scope, Assumptions, Classification of Structural Systems and External Effects, Basic Definitions, Loads
Week 2:	Some Definitions for Frame Systems, Equations of Static Equilibrium, Determination of Support Reactions, Calculation of Internal Forces (HW-1)
Week 3:	Differential Relationships between Loads and Internal Forces, Procedure for Plotting Internal Force Diagrams
Week 4:	Plotting of Internal Force Diagrams, Loads of Arbitrary Distribution (HW-2)
Week 5:	Compound systems, Gerber beams
Week 6:	Three-hinged systems, tied systems (HW-3)
Week 7:	Truss Systems
Week 8:	Midterm Exam Analysis for Moving Type Loads, Definition of Influence Line (Term Project)
Week 9:	Construction of influence lines for simple structural systems
Week 10:	Construction of influence lines for compound systems (HW-4)
Week 11:	Introduction to displacement calculations, material behavior, Stress-Strain Relationships
Week 12:	Virtual Work Theory and Application to the determination of displacements (HW-5)
Week 13:	Calculationof Displacements by Virtual Work Theorem in Frame and Truss Type Systems
Week 14:	Calculationof Displacements by Virtual Work Theorem in Frame and Truss Type Systems
Week 15*:	Term Project Presentations
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	R.C. Hibbeler "Structural Analysis in SI Units", 9th Edition, Pearson, ISBN-10: 1292089466 ISBN-13: 9781292089461, 2017.
Recommended readings:	Karadoğan F, Pala S, Yüksel E, Durgun Y, "Yapı Mühendisliğine Giriş, Yapısal Çözümleme", 2011, No.1, Vol.1, ISBN:978-975-511-571-9, İstanbul: Birsen Yayınevi.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	30
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	8	10
Homework:	2,4,6,10,12	20
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	2	13
Own studies outside class:	1	13
Practice, Recitation:	2	6
Homework:	3	5
Term project:	4	6
Term project presentation:	5	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	8	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	15	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)