GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD FOR FRAME SYSTEMS/5541308
Course Title: THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD FOR FRAME SYSTEMS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Application of the matrix methods and theory to practical structural frame systems.
Teaching the fundamental methods for analysis , in the civil engineering problems related to structural structural frame systems.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Stiffness coefficients and stiffness matrix
2. Week  Coordinate axes and matrices of various structural members
3. Week  The transformation of the coordinate axes
4. Week  Obtaining direction cosines from strucrural joint coordinates
5. Week  Member transformation matrices
6. Week  Numerical examples
7. Week  First mid-term exam
8. Week  Member and system matrices in global axes
9. Week  Special members in plane frames
10. Week  Stiffness matrix of structural system - Code number method
11. Week  Examples for code number method
12. Week  Spring coefficients - elastic supports
13. Week  Solutions of stiffness set of equations
14. Week  Calculation steps for stiffness metdods and numerical examples
15. Week  Calculation steps for stiffness method and numerical examples
16. Week  -
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
80
 Assignment
2
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
2
18
36
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
10
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
15
15
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assist. Prof. Dr. Meral BEGİMGİL)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/begimgil)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (begimgil@gazi.edu.tr begimgil@gazi.edu.tr)