Università Roma Tre

Material Mechanics: properties and production technologies for structural steel and other metals, brief treatment of concrete, masonry, wood, fiber reinforced polymers.
Fundamentals of solid mechanics and beam theory: the Cauchy model, the S. Venant beam theory, the Timoshenko beam theory.
Analysis of beam structures: the force and displacement methods, fundamental of computational mechanics, practice on structural analysis software.
Concepts and behavior of basic structural systems: simple beams and continuous beams, frames, trusses, arches and cables.

The bibliography will be suggested during the course

The course aims to train male and female students in the awareness of the mechanical behavior of some structural types, according to the form and the material part, as well as geometric dimensions. After a brief overview of the technology of some building materials and their mechanical properties, the students will be provided with mechanical models of planar and spatial trusses, beams, with particular attention to Vierendeel beams, continuous beams with multiple supports and to plane frames. About the means of settlement for statically indeterminate structures, the stiffness method and the force method will be presented. The course will also address the basics of the spatial organization of a building in relation to issues relating to the action of horizontal forces (wind, earthquake, etc..). The mechanical models of arch and wire will be proposed. The content will address also the geotechnical classification of rocks and soils, as well as some hints on their mechanical behavior.

References
Lecture notes
Statica, Guarenti Grandori, Buccino, Garavaglia, Novati, McGraw-Hill
Principi Statici e Forme Strutturali, G.Pizzetti, A.M.Zorgno Trisciuoglio, UTET

Rocks and soils, formation and classification. Principles of hydrogeology, reference to the Rome area.
Fundamentals of soil mechanics, the Terzaghi principle, reological modeling.
Classification, analysis and behavior of the main classes of foundation and earth retainment structures.

The bibliography will be suggested during the course.

The course aims to train male and female students in the awareness of the mechanical behavior of some structural types, according to the form and the material part, as well as geometric dimensions. After a brief overview of the technology of some building materials and their mechanical properties, the students will be provided with mechanical models of planar and spatial trusses, beams, with particular attention to Vierendeel beams, continuous beams with multiple supports and to plane frames. About the means of settlement for statically indeterminate structures, the stiffness method and the force method will be presented. The course will also address the basics of the spatial organization of a building in relation to issues relating to the action of horizontal forces (wind, earthquake, etc..). The mechanical models of arch and wire will be proposed. The content will address also the geotechnical classification of rocks and soils, as well as some hints on their mechanical behavior.

References
Lecture notes
Statica, Guarenti Grandori, Buccino, Garavaglia, Novati, McGraw-Hill
Principi Statici e Forme Strutturali, G.Pizzetti, A.M.Zorgno Trisciuoglio, UTET