Identification Subject
Department
CIV 480 Structural Analysis with SAP2000 3 credit
Civil Engineering
Program
Term
Instructor
Undergraduate
Spring 2016
Taher Chegini
E-mail:
Phone: tchegini@khazar.org
+994 51 455 7411
Classroom/hours TBA
Office hours
Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete
English
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Prerequisites
Language
Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
Description The course introduces structural analysis of various structures with an industry standard software, SAP2000. The analysis procedure has three parts which are covered in detail throughout the course: preprocess, solution and post-process. The preprocess part includes setting up geometry of structure
Required textbooks and course materials and definition of loads and materials. Then, in solution part the structure is analyzed and finally, in post-process part, based on acquired data from analysis, structural members are designed and checked.
This course includes complete analysis and design of a structure as a project, the presentation of which will be considered as the final exam.
Wolfgang Schueller, “Building Support Structures: Analysis and Design with
SAP2000 Software”, 2 nd
edition, Computer and Structures Inc., 2015
Course website http://www.khazar.org/v8097/Structural-Analysis-with-SAP2000/en
Course outline Geometry setup, material definition, loads and restraints assignment, various analysis methods, setting appropriate analysis options, displaying forces and deformations of members, designing and checking members
Course objectives
Learning outcomes
Teaching methods
Evaluation
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
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Understand and navigate GUI of SAP2000
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Understand various available objects, elements, joints and degrees of

 freedom
Understand different available coordinate systems
Understand properties of materials and cross sections
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Understand load types and load cases
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Understand various available analysis methods and their applications o Model geometry of any type of structure o Define material properties, load types and load cases o Choose appropriate analysis method and set its associated configuration o Design the most economic and safest cross sections for all the members
Lecture
Experiential exercise
Assisted work
Assisted lab work
Others
Methods
Midterm Exam
Class Participation
Homework
Lab Exercises
Project
Date/deadlines
X
X
X
Percentage (%)
25
10
25
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-

Policy
Final Exam (Project
Presentation)
40
Total 100
• NO CELL PHONES are allowed during lecture and lab sessions.
PLEASE turn them off before lecture! (Not silent or vibrating mode). This is a university policy and violators will be reprimanded accordingly.
• No late assignments will be accepted without prior arrangement with the instructor for acceptable excuses. Medical and family emergency will be considered on case-by-case basis.
• No late homework will be accepted. Homework is to be completed on an individual basis. Students may discuss homework with classmates, but students are responsible for your own work. If students have consulted classmates, please note the individuals name on the top of students’ assignment.
• Quizzes may be given unannounced throughout the term and will count as one homework. There will be no make-up quizzes.
• No make-up exams. If students miss an exam, a zero score will be assigned to the missed exam.
• If students should miss class due to personal emergency or medical reasons, please notify the instructor by email immediately. A doctor’s note will be required for make-up work.
• Students are responsible for completing the reading assigned from the textbook related to the covered topics and for checking email regularly for important information and announcements related to the course.
• University policy on academic honesty concerning exams and individual work will be strictly enforced.
• BE ON TIME!

Week
1
Date/Day
Topics
(Tentative)
Introduction to computer-aided structural analysis
Textbook/Assignments
2
3
Definitions of various structural members, load types and cases
Introduction to different structural analysis methods
Introduction to GUI of SAP2000
4
5
Setting up geometry and defining materials, cross sections and loads
6
7
Assigning defined sections and loads, and joints restraints
Setting appropriate parameters for the selected analysis method
Midterm exam
8
Running analysis of the structure
9
10
Displaying and printing deformed shapes and forces
Designing the structural members
11
12
Checking safety of the design and modifying the structure
Definition of final project
13
Working on final project
14
Working on final project
15
Final Exam
This syllabus is a guide for the course and any modifications to it will be announced in advance.