The following three functions can be raised as functions sought after in buildings: functionality to vitalize the activities
of people living in them; aesthetics to harmonize with the surrounding environment; and safety to protect people’s lives and
property from being destroyed in earthquakes and other disasters. Among these functions, architectural structures have a
particularly intimately related to safety. It is essential that buildings maintain requested standards of safety, and to
plan structures to satisfy functional and aesthetic requirements as well. This is the point of structural design. In this
course, structural plans which will rationally ensure the safety of buildings will be investigated. The following three steps
are involved in considering building safety:
1) Safety at the materials level (steel products, concrete, etc.)
2) Safety at the member level (columns, beams etc.)
3) Safety at the overall building system level
Various methods of survey, experiment, and analysis have already been developed and are being implemented at each of these levels. The course will focus on one of these topics according to social demands and student wishes, previous methods will be understood and evaluated, problematic points will be extracted, and points for improvement will be considered.
1) Safety at the materials level (steel products, concrete, etc.)
2) Safety at the member level (columns, beams etc.)
3) Safety at the overall building system level
Various methods of survey, experiment, and analysis have already been developed and are being implemented at each of these levels. The course will focus on one of these topics according to social demands and student wishes, previous methods will be understood and evaluated, problematic points will be extracted, and points for improvement will be considered.
Students will acquire skills and knowledge to improve the building structural performance in this class.
- Evaluate the impact of subject topics on building structural safety
- Understand the past findings on the subject topic and extract problem points
- Present a reasonable complete measure for the extracted problem
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Proceed according to the target topic | Instruct according to target topic | 140minutes |
| Total. | - | - | 140minutes |
| Report | Total. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30% | 30% |
| 2. | 30% | 30% |
| 3. | 40% | 40% |
| Total. | 100% | - |
Students will conduct surveys, experiments, and/or analysis relating to their themes, and will be evaluated not only on their
results, but also on the process of undertaking research.
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
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