Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Theory of Plates and Shells (17.GG36)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Theory of Construction
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	5

Educational goal:

Acquiring knowledge necessary for stress and strain analysis of thin plates and shells due to the action of static load.

Educational outcome:

Ability to understand engineering problems related with plates and shells. Ability to obtain analytical and numerical solutions to some problems regarding thin plates and shells.

Course content:

Basic notions in the theory of plates and shells. Thin plates bending theory. Navier`s solution. M. Levy`s solution. The bending theory of thin circular plates. Modelling of thin plates using the finite element method. In plane loaded plates. Plane stress. Wall girders. Plane strain. Plane stress theory in polar coordinates. Modelling in plane loaded plates using the finite element method. The theory of shells. The membrane theory of shells of revolution. Cylindrical, spherical and conical shells in axisymmetrically loaded for membrane state. The bending theory of of shells of revolution. The bending theory of axisymmetrically loaded circular cylindrical shells. The bending theory of axisymmetrically loaded spherical shells. Modelling shells of revolution using the finite element method.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, auditory, computing and computer exercises, consultations. Continuous monitoring of the level of knowledge through homework assignments.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Hajdin, N.	Teorija površinskih nosača: ploče napregnute na savijanje, ploče napregnute u svojoj ravni, ljuske	1989	Naučna knjiga, Beograd	Serbian language
Dušan Kovačević	MKE modeliranje u analizi konstrukcija	2006	Građevinska knjiga	Serbian language
Vračarić, V.	Teorija površinskih nosača	1985	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Practical part of the exam - tasks	No	Yes	30.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Homework	Yes	Yes	5.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	40.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00