COURSE PROFILE Course Number : CE304 Required / Elective : Elective Catalog Description:. Elastic stability. Methods.

Buckling of elastic bars. Euler cases. Frames. Conservative systems. Energy methods, Ritz Method. Transversal buckling. Plate buckling, Approximate methods. Course Title : Elastic Stability Pre-requisite : CE202, CE204 Textbook / Required Material : S.P.Timoshenko and J.M. Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability , Dover, New York, 2009.

Course Structure / Schedule : (3+0+0) 3 / 5 ECTS Extended Description: Introduction to stability analysis. Discrete Models (rigid bars and springs); Concept of multiple equilibrium configurations for a given load level, geometric nonlinearities. Concept of pre-buckling conditions, pre-buckling configuration. Linear buckling analysis. Concepts of bifurcation, bifurcation point, symmetric bifurcation, asymmetric bifurcation. Use of energy principles to study stability, change in total potential energy. Concept of post-buckling. Use of dynamics to study stability. Use of dynamics to move from one equilibrium solution to another. Introduction to Variational Methods. Stability of Beams: Derivation of the governing differential equations and boundary conditions. Influence of boundary conditions. Pre-buckling conditions. Linear buckling analysis. Variational methods for continuum structural models. Approximate analyses by the Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods. Lateral Buckling of Beams, Applications to rigid discrete systems, beam-column, frames and plate buckling. Design content: Lectures Computer usage: ---

Course Outcomes: [relevant program outcomes in brackets]: After the completion of this course, students should be able to: 1- understand the concept of stability, [1] 2- describe the elastic and plastic buckling behavior of beam and frames; [1,2,8] 3- determine the buckling loads for simple columns and frames [1,10] 4- understand the physical interpretation of buckling phenomena [1,10] 5- have an understanding of the concept of effective length and its use in design [2] Recommended reading : 1- Z.P. Bazant and L. Cedolin , Stability of Structures: Elastic, Inelastic, Failure & Damage Theories, World Scientific, 2010. 2- M. Ciarletta, D. Iean, Non-classical Elastic Solids, Longman, 1993. 3- Alfutov, N. A., Stability of Elastic Structures, Springer Verlag, 2000. 4- Allen, H. G., and Bulson, P.S., Background to Buckling, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1980. 5- Chen, W. F., and Lui, E. M., Structural Stability: Theory and Implementation, Elsevier Science Publishing Co, Inc, 1987. 6- Brush, D. O., and Almroth, B. O., Buckling of Bars, Plates and Shells, Mc Graw Hill

Co., 1975. 7- Structural Stability in Engineering Practice, Edited by Aljos Kollr, Taylor and Francis Group, 1999. 8- George J. Simitses and Dewey H. Hodges, Fundamentals of Structural Stability, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. Teaching Methods : Lectures, homework Assessment Methods: [Related to course outcomes] 2 Midterm Exams [1, 2] (Average) 40% Homework [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] (Average) 10% 3 Quiz (1,2,3) (Average) 10% Final Exam [1] 40% Student workload: Preparatory study 40 hrs Lectures, discussions 40 hrs Homeworks 20 hrs Take-home exams, final, 25 hrs TOTAL 125 hrs = 25 x 5 ECTS Prepared by : Esin Inan Revision Date : 15/6/2012