| College |
Akashi College |
Year |
2023 |
| Course Title |
Steel Structures I |
| Course Code |
5514 |
Course Category |
Specialized / Compulsory |
| Class Format |
Lecture |
Credits |
School Credit: 1 |
| Department |
Civil Engineering |
Student Grade |
5th |
| Term |
First Semester |
Classes per Week |
2 |
| Textbook and/or Teaching Materials |
Kuranishi S. and Nakamura S.: Bridge structure (3rd Ed), Morikita Publishing Co., Ltd. (as a designated textbook), Printed synopses of the lecture are distributed as necessary in a class. Sakimoto T. : Structural Mechanics (2nd Ed, publication in a new format) Volume 1, Morikita Publishing Co., Ltd. (as a reference), Sakimoto T. : Structural Mechanics (2nd Ed, publication in a new format) Volume 2, Morikita Publishing Co., Ltd. (as a reference), Nagai M. : Bridge engineering (2nd Ed), Kyoritsu Publishing Co., Ltd. (as a reference), Hara T., Yamaguchi T., Kitahara T., and Watada Y. : Steel Structures, Corona Publishing (as a reference)
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| Instructor |
MIYOSHI Takao
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Course Objectives
This subject aims to help students understand, explain, utilize or calculate as follows:
1. Mechanics fundamentals regarding the design of steel structures
2. Production process, characteristics and material properties and material standards of steel
3. Composition of steel bridges, name of bridge member and load transmitting path of the bridge
4. Technologies for digital transformation relating to steel structures
Rubric
| Ideal Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
| Achievement 1 | A student who can sufficiently understand and explain mechanics fundamentals regarding the design of steel structures | A student who can understand and explain mechanics fundamentals regarding the design of steel structures | A student who cannot understand and explain mechanics fundamentals regarding the design of steel structures |
| Achievement 2 | A student who can sufficiently understand and explain composition of steel bridges, name of bridge member and load transmitting path of the bridge. | A student who can understand and explain composition of steel bridges, name of bridge member and load transmitting path of the bridge. | A student who cannot understand and explain composition of steel bridges, name of bridge member and load transmitting path of the bridge. |
| Achievement 3 | A student who can sufficiently understand and explain production process, characteristics and material properties and material standards of steel | A student who can understand and explain production process, characteristics and material properties and material standards of steel | A student who cannot understand and explain production process, characteristics and material properties and material standards of steel |
| Achievement 4 | A student who can sufficiently utilize technologies for digital transformation of steel structures | A student who can utilize technologies for digital transformation of steel structures | A student who cannot utilize technologies for digital transformation of steel structures |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
Steel is one of the indispensable material to construct infrastructures. Steel has been applied to many structures while improving the properties and also it is expected that steel will be applied to renewal and new construction of structures by improving performance and enhancing functionality in the future. Therefore, fundamental knowledge of steel structures is indispensable for engineer committing plan, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure. In this subject, a teacher, who has an experience as an engineer of bridge fabricator and has engaged in design of steel bridges and steel structures, will conduct lecture-style class on mainly outline of steel structures and bridges, recent digital transformation relating to steel structures, characteristics of steel and mechanics fundamentals regarding the design of steel structures, so that students can learn fundamental knowledge required for design, fabrication, erection, maintenance and repair of steel structures, based on his experiences.
Style:
In this subject, mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel structures will be explained by lecture-style class. The knowledge of mechanics fundamentals will be deepened through calculation examples. In addition, structural steel, classification, structure type and mechanism of the steel bridge will be explained in the class. Moreover, technologies for digital transformation of steel structures are introduced and practical exercise using them will be carried out. During class, professor may proceed with the class while asking the student questions regarding structural mechanics and contents which have already been learned in this subject in order to grasp the understanding of each student.
Notice:
This class will be proceeded on the premise that students have learned fundamental knowledge of structural mechanics. Mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel members will be explained through calculation examples regarding simple steel structures. Students do not miss the review of the lecture and try to be able to conduct mechanical calculation explained during the class.
Students who miss 1/3 or more of classes will not be eligible for evaluation.
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel members (1)
Method for modeling of steel structures as the frame will be explained |
Students can understand method for modeling of steel structures as the frame.
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| 2nd |
Mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel members (2)
Method for calculating reaction and internal force of simply supported girders will be explained. |
Students can calculate method for calculating reaction and internal force of simply supported girders.
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| 3rd |
Mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel members (3)
Method for calculating reaction and internal force of simply supported truss girders will be explained. |
Students can calculate method for calculating reaction and internal force of simply supported truss girders.
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| 4th |
Mechanics fundamentals required for designing steel members (4)
Method for calculating reaction and internal force of continuous girders and Gerber girders will be explained. |
Students can calculate method for calculating reaction and internal force of continuous girders and Gerber girders.
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| 5th |
Cross-sectional properties of the steel member (1)
Calculation method for centroid, first moment of area and second moment of area of general cross-section will be explained. |
Students can understand how to calculate centroid, first moment of area and second moment of area of general cross-section.
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| 6th |
Cross-sectional properties of the steel member (2)
Calculation method for cross-sectional properties of several steel members will be explained. |
Students can calculate cross-sectional properties of I-, boxed and channel-shaped cross-section.
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| 7th |
Stress of the steel member
Calculation method for stress of the steel member caused by internal force will be explained. |
Students can calculate stress of the steel member caused by internal force.
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| 8th |
Mid term exam |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Steel (1)
Production process, heat treatment, material standards, stress-strain curve and strength properties of steel will be explained. |
Students can understand production process, heat treatment of steel, the effect of it on the characteristics, steel type and its name in JIS used in steel bridge
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| 10th |
Steel (2)
Production process, heat treatment, material standards, stress-strain curve and strength properties of steel will be explained. |
Students can understand stress-strain curve and strength properties of steel
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| 11th |
Outline of steel bridges (1)
Classification of the bridge and outline of the steel bridge will be explained. |
Students can understand classification of bridge from several aspects and outline of the steel bridge.
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| 12th |
Outline of steel bridges (2)
Classification, structural style and mechanism of the steel bridge will be explained. |
Students can understand structural type, mechanism and classification of steel bridge by several measures.
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| 13th |
Automatic discrimination of bridge type using AI (1)
Environment construction for automatic discrimination of bridge type from its images using AI and creation methods of data set will be explained. |
Students can prepare data sets on images of the steel bridge with its type (girder bridge, truss bridge, arch bridge, cable-stayed bridge and suspension bridge) by using a program for making pickle files.
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| 14th |
Automatic discrimination of bridge type using AI (2)
Learning of train data using CNN and verification based on test images will be explained. |
Students can make CNN program learn data set and classify bridge type based on test data.
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| 15th |
Automatic discrimination of bridge type using AI (2)
Method for inputting steel bridge images taken by students to AI model and automatic discrimination method of bridge type will be explained. |
Students can understand that AI model is able to classify steel bridge images taken by them into bridge type properly. In addition, students can consider the reason why AI model cannot classify appropriately.
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| 16th |
Final exam |
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Examination | Report | Behavior | Total |
| Subtotal | 70 | 20 | 10 | 100 |
| Specialized Proficiency | 70 | 20 | 10 | 100 |