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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Structural Dynamics INS431 Elective Bachelor's degree 4 Fall 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kemal BEYEN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Comprehend the structural dynamic behavior
2) Dynamic characteristics of the structural system
3) Dynamic loadings and their solutions
4) 4
5) 5
6) 6
7) 7
8) 8
9) 9

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Learning Outcomes
1 Middle Middle Low High High High Middle Low High High High
2 Middle Middle Low High High High Middle Low High High High
3 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
4 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
5 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
6 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
7 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
8 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
9 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

.Structures, Dynamics

Course Contents

This course covers plastic behaviour of materials, definition of elastoplastic material, plastic analysis under the effect of axial loading, residual stresses, plastic analysis under the effect of torsion, residual shear stresses, plastic analysis under the effect of bending, shape factor, residual stresses in bending problems, bending with axial loading, plastic hinges, statically determinate, statically indeterminate and continuous beams, frames and mechanisms, bending of curved members.

Weekly Schedule

1) Dynamic characteristics of load and structural systems
2) The equation of motion of a single degree of freedom systems
3) Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom system, dynamic behavior
4) Damped free vibrations, critical damped systems
5) Response of single degree of freedom systems to periodic loads
6) Response of single degree of freedom systems to non-periodic loads
7) Response of single degree of freedom system to earthquake ground motion, response spectrum
8) Midterm examination
9) The equation of motion of multi degree of freedom system
10) Stiffness, damping and mass matrices of multi degree of freedom of the systems
11) Free vibrations, mode shapes and natural frequencies
12) Forced vibration of multi degree of freedom systems, method of mode superposition
13) Response of multi degree of freedom systems to earthquake ground motion
14) Modal combination methods
15) Modeling of multi-storey structures under earthquake loads and numerical evaluation of dynamic response
16) Final Examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Lecture notes on structural dynamics (Kemal Beyen)
2- Structural Dynamics (Anıl Chopra)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Self Study
6) Problem Solving


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Not Required