ARCH. 154 – STRUCTURE AND SPACE
Instructor: R. Schmidt
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Tuesday
Lectures |
Thursday Lectures |
Lab |
Readings
& Handouts |
Week 1 |
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Introduction |
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Week 2 |
Internal forces: P, V, and M |
P, V, and M diagrams and
their interrelationships Assign Lab 1 |
Lab 1 The Backwards Lab Lab 1 due |
Card Key form, Lab
Protocol, ENR article |
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Week 3 |
Analysis of indeterminate
structures |
Indeterminate structures
(cont’d) and SAP input Assign Lab 2 |
Lab 2 Indeterminate Lab Lab 2 Due |
MS DOS handout, SAP90 handout |
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Week 4 |
SAP input (cont’d) Assign Problem 1 |
Free body diagrams |
Lab 3 The Stiffness Lab Lab 3 Due |
Forces in Beams and Cables |
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Week 5 |
Mechanics of Materials Problem 1 Due Assign Problem 2 |
Center of Area, moment of
inertia |
Lab 4 Frame Analysis Lab Lab 4 Due |
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Week 6 |
Wood connections Problem 2 Due Assign Problem 3 |
Trip to Petaluma to study
bridge |
Lab 5 The Bridge Lab Lab 5 Due |
Wood Connections (UBC and
NDS), glulam tables |
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Week 7 |
Stresses |
Load analysis |
Lab 6 The Bridge Lab II Lab 6 Due |
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Week 8 |
Trip to Martinez to study
heavy timber building Problem 3 Due Assign Problem 4 |
Load analysis |
Lab 7 Balsa Truss Lab Lab 7 Due |
Load Tables |
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Week 9 |
Load paths in Martinez |
The design process |
Lab 8 Load Path Lab Lab 8 Due |
Robert Mark handout |
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Week 10 |
Discuss Final Project Problem 4 Due Assign Final Project |
Guest Lecture by Gary Black |
Lab 9 Roof Truss Lab Lab 9 Due |
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Week 11 |
Properties of wood Sketches Due |
Properties of steel |
Lab 10 Beam Lab I Lab 10 Due |
NDS for wood, metal
properties |
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Week 12 |
Properties of concrete Input File, Early Runs Due |
Connections |
Lab 11 Beam Lab II Lab 11 Due |
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Week 13 |
Connections |
Combined stresses |
Lab 12 Connection Lab Lab 12 Due |
Structural Connections, Steel
Construction Connections |
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Week 14 |
Combined stresses (cont’d)
and buckling |
HOLIDAY |
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Buckling in steel and wood |
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Week 15 |
Guest Lecture |
Guest Lecture Connection report due |
Lab 13 Mystery Lab Lab 13 Due |
Example of Structural
Report |
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Week 16 |
Discussion of final project |
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READINGS From The
Nature of Order:
Book 1: Chapter 5
Book 2: Chapter 8, Chapter
15
Book 3: Chapter 6, Chapter
14, Chapter 15
Book 4: Chapter 5.
NOTES: 1) This schedule is approximate, and may change slightly as the course
progresses.
2) There will be a final review for the final project,
which will be scheduled later.
(This course was in part developed by Prof. Gary
Black)