Course
Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction
Number: BCT 330
Credits: 4
Format: In person, Online, Amherst
Semester: Spring
Meeting Times: Tue/Thu 1:00 - 2:15
Room: ODB 162
Instructor
Peggi Clouston,
Ph.D., M.A.Sc., B.A.Sc., P.Eng.
Professor & Graduate Concentration Coordinator, Building Systems concentration
Office: 316 Olver Design Building
Phone: +1 (413) 545-1884
Email:
Course Description
Usually offered in Fall but changed to Spring for AY 2024/2025 only. The course employs realistic building examples to introduce students to fundamental engineering analysis. The main topics are: statics and equilibrium as applied to statically determinate systems; force and moment analysis; strength of materials where students learn to determine stress and strain in simply supported beams; and beam design with deflection, shear and bending stress evaluation. Through a combination of classroom lecture, demonstration, practical application, homework assignments and problem solving sessions, students will gain mathematical confidence and learn the importance of problem solving in construction.
Pre-requisites: MATH 104 or Higher and PHYSICS 131 or Higher
Learning Goals
- Understanding of how materials react when subjected to applied load
- Ability to analyze external and internal forces in statically determinate plane structures
- Ability to calculate stresses and strains in axial members
- Ability to calculate bending and shear stresses in simple beams
- Ability to structurally design simple beams
Textbook/Materials
B.Onouye and K.Kane, Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction. New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2012 ISBN 978-0-13-507925-6