2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Composite Structure
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hisato Hotta
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (Zoom) / 7-8 Fri (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.S404
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course deals with the following 3 issues concerned with concrete composite structures:
1) failure criteria of concrete under multi-axial stress, as material scale issue,
2) application of limit analysis forestimating strength of composite members, as member scale issue,
3) 3D modelling of structures, as frame scale issue.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will have an understanding of failure criteria of materials, way to estimate member strength by means of limit analysis, and issues existing in 3D modelling of structures.
Keywords
failure/yield criteria of materials, upper and lower bound theorem, assumption of rigid slab in plane, torsional vibretion
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Black board is usually used. Documents are delivered occasionally.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
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| Class 1 | introduction: summary of contents and keywords |
You can imagine what you should do from the left. |
| Class 2 | failure criterion of concrete under multi axial stress (1) stress tensor |
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| Class 3 | failure criterion of concrete under multi axial stress (2) invariant of stress and deviatoric stress |
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| Class 4 | failure criterion of concrete under multi axial stress (3) theoretical approach |
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| Class 5 | failure criterion of concrete under multi axial stress (4) empirical approach |
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| Class 6 | failure criterion of concrete under multi axial stress (1) current situation and issues in design field |
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| Class 7 | strength of members (1) limit analysis and upper/lower bound theorem |
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| Class 8 | strength of members (2) ultimate flexural strength of section of composite members |
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| Class 9 | strength of members (3) shear strength of R/C members |
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| Class 10 | strength of members (4) influence of axial force on shear strength |
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| Class 11 | strength of members (5) shear bond strength of SRC members |
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| Class 12 | seismic response of 3D frames (1) issues concerned with assumption of rigid slab in plane |
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| Class 13 | seismic response of 3D frames (2) issues concerned with axial elongation of members |
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| Class 14 | seismic response of 3D frames (3) issues concerned with horizontal two directional vibration |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
No text is set.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Non required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Scores are based on three assignments for each topics.
Related courses
- ARC.S302 ： Structural Design II
Prerequisites
Students must have basic knowledge on structural mechanics and design.