Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Fuat OKAY

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Design a beam or shaft according to its loading conditions.
2) Calculate the stresses in the members subjected to general biaxial bending and unsymmetric transverse loading.
3) Correlate stress-strain relationship for nonhomogeneous stress state.
4) Derive compatibility equations for deformation.
5) Use constitutive relations.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Program Competencies

Learning Outcomes

Middle

No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

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) Behaviour of ductile materials behind elastic limit, definition of elastoplastic material
2) Plastic analyis of rods under the effect of axial loading, plastic behaviour of statically indeterminate systems
3) Residual stresses and permanent deformations under the effect of axial loading
4) Plastic behavior in shearing stresses, analysis of elastoplastic material in shear
5) Plastic behaviour of circular shafts under the effect of torsion
6) Residual stresses and permanent angle of twist in torsion problems
7) Behavior of elastoplastic material under the effect of bending
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Plastic behaviour of prismatic bars under the effect of bending
10) Residual stresses in bending problems, full plastic bending capacity of a section, shape factor
11) Plastic analysis of rods under the effect of "Normal forrce , Bending"
12) Definition of plastic hinges, mechanisms and plastic load capacities of statically determinate and indeterminate beams
13) Possible plastic mechanisms and plastic load capacities of frames
14) Bending of curbed members, determination of radii of curvature of curved members by using integration method
15) Determination of stresses of curved members in bending
16) Final examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Lab / Workshop
4) Self Study
5) 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

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Plastic Behavior of Elements	INS409	Elective	Bachelor's degree	4	Fall	4