STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS C
Stampa
Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ICAR/08 (CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Ingegneria civile
Year of study
Period
1st semester (01/10/2018 - 18/01/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
55 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
VENINI PAOLO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Basics of continuum mechanics and beam theory.
Matlab programming
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the finite element method and ability to program simple finite elements in Matlab

Capability to analyze simple structures in static and dynamic regime, especially when the analytic exact solution is not available
Course contents
The finite element method
1) Truss element
2) Beam element
3) Extension to the dynamic case.

Instability of equilibrium
1) The Euler problem in large and small strains
2) Static formulation, dynamic formulation, energetic formulation
3) Finite element solutions

Statics and dynamics of a thin plate

Structural dynamics (an introduction)
1) Governing equations for continuous and discrete vibrating structures
2) Modal analysis
3) State-space formulation
4) Bode diagrams
Teaching methods
Lectures: 40 hours per year

Matlab programming: 20 hours per year
Reccomended or required readings
Handout written by the instructor

T.J.R. Hughes, The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis,
Dover books on Mathematics
Assessment methods
Matlab programming test with analytic check of the numerical results.

Oral exam

(both are compulsory and must be taken within the same session)
Further information
Matlab programming test with analytic check of the numerical results.

Oral exam

(both are compulsory and must be taken within the same session)
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030