Engineering Mechanics-Strength of Materials

1. COURSE INFORMATION:

School	Environmental Engineering
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course ID	MATH 204	Semester	3^rd
Course Category	Required
Course Modules	Instruction Hours per Week		ECTS
Lectures, practice exercises and workshops	5 Th=3, E=1, L=1		5
Course Type	Special background
Prerequisites
Instruction/Exam Language	Greek
The course is offered to Erasmus students	Yes
Course URL	https//www.eclass.tuc.gr/courses/SCI139/ (in Greek)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

This course aims to provide the students with a strong background in the principles of construction technology and mechanical behavior of construction materials focusing to the design of the load bearing system with optimum use of building materials under the effect of any type loadings. The students deeply taught theories and concepts of the natural mechanisms that develop up to the limit states of strength of materials and understand their effect to the behavior of the structures considering stiffness, performance and durability. It also focuses to the understanding of the basic mechanical properties of construction materials, the quantification of experimental techniques and the knowledge of how these properties characterize the response of the material.

General Competencies/Skills

Autonomous work
Decision-making
Teamwork

3. COURSE SYLLABUS

The basic contents of this lesson are:

Basic concepts of material strength.
Mechanical properties, performance and durability of materials.
Laboratory testing of strength of materials.
Advanced methods of material strength control.
Optimum dimensioning of cross-sections and safety factors.
Impact of dimensioning and selection of construction material of cross-sections of loading bearing system in design and economy of construction.
Introduction to the effect of axial forces on the dimensioning of structural elements.
Introduction to the effect of bending moments on the dimensioning of structural elements.
Introduction to the effect of shear forces of torsional torque on the dimensioning of structural elements.

The laboratory has as content:

Testing of tensile strength of materials.
Testing of compressive strength of materials.
Testing of bending strength of materials.

4. INSTRUCTION and LEARNING METHODS - ASSESSMENT

Lecture Method	Direct (face to face)
Use of Information and Communication Technology	Use of Specialized software for the building design building. Learning progress support through E-class electronic platform
Instruction Organisation	Activity	Workload per Semester (hours)
	- Lectures & tutorial exercises	52
	- Lab	13
	- Autonomous study	60
	Course Total	125
Assessment Method	The score is divided into two main sections – written final examination 70%, Projects 20%, Laboratory reports 10%. More analytically: Written examination (0.7 of the total grade) Weekly Projects and reports of laboratory exercises (0.3 of the total grade) Laboratory exercise description, 35% Result presentation, 35% Total results, 30%

5. RECOMMENDED READING

Suggested bibliography :

Beer Ferdinand P., Johnston Russell E. Mechanics of Materials, 6th edition
Gere & Timoshenko, Mechanics of Materials, Stanford University, Monterey, California
William A. Nash, Theory and Problems of Strength of Materials, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1972
Harmer E. Davis – George Earl Troxel – Clement T. Wiskocil, The testing and inspection of Engineering Materials, London, 1964
V. Feodosiev, Resistance des Materiaux, Moscow, 1976

Relevant scientific journals:

Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, USA
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Elsevier
Mechanics of Materials, Elsevier
Journal of Materials and Structures, Mathematical Science Publisher

6. INSTRUCTORS

Course Instructor:	Professor K. Providakis (Faculty - ARCH)
Lectures:	Professor K. Providakis (Faculty - ARCH)
Tutorial exercises:	Professor K. Providakis (Faculty - ARCH)
Laboratory Exercises:	I. Koutsogiannaki (LTS -EnvEng)

Engineering Mechanics-Strength of Materials

Technical University of Crete

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3rd Semester: MECH 201

Technical University of Crete

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