1	Course Title:	STABILITY OF STRUCTURES
2	Course Code:	INS5023
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. M.ÖZGÜR YAYLI
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. M. Özgür YAYLI
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bdeliktas@uludag.edu.tr 224 2900744 Uludağ Univ. Müh.Mim Fak. İnşaat Müh. Böl. Görükle, Bursa
18	Website:	http://insaat.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	• Understanding the stability of structures. Elastic buckling. • Calculation of critical buckling loads and buckling loads in higher modes using various methods. • Explanation of torsion buckling and lateral buckling.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	• Understanding and examining buckling phenomenon in structural engineering, • To be able to investigate the buckling behavior of structural elements and systems under compressive load and the problems that may arise, • Obtaining buckling loads in columns and frames with various methods.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 • Understanding and examining buckling phenomenon in structural engineering,; 2 • To be able to investigate the buckling behavior of structural elements and systems under compressive load and the problems that may arise,; 3 • Obtaining buckling loads in columns and frames with various methods.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Stability of equilibrium, large displacement theory of columns
2	Large displacement theory of columns, columns with primitive curvature, columns with eccentrically loaded
3	Inelastic buckling of columns
4	General theory of columns, interloaded columns
5	Variable cross-section columns, approximate methods for buckling loads
6	Sequential approximation methods
7	Finite difference method
8	Variation methods, Rayleigh-Ritz Method
9	Rayleigh-Ritz Method, finite element method
10	finite element method
11	Beam-columns, buckling of frames
12	Buckling of frames, torsion buckling of bars
13	Lateral buckling of bars
14	Lateral buckling of bars, accent stability

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	• Alexander Chajes, Pinciples of Structural Stability Theory, Prentice-Hall, 1974 (paperback edition Waveland Press, 1993) • Z. P. Bazant and L. Cedolin, Stability of Structures, Oxford University Press, 1991 • W.F.Chen and E.M. Lui, Structural Stability- Theory and Implementation, Prentice Hall , 1987 • Frederich Bleich, Buckling of Metal structures, McGraw Hill, 1952 • S.Timoshenko and J.Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw Hill, 1961 ( paperback edition by Dover Publications, 2009)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Understanding the principles of applied mathematics used in the course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	3	42
Projects	14	1	14
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	3	3
Others	14	1	14
Final Exams	1	3	3
Total WorkLoad			177
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 5 5 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High