This document provides information about the Analysis of Structures I course offered by the Aerospace Engineering Department at Cairo University. The course aims to teach students how to analyze load bearing structures and stresses on structural elements. It is a 3-credit hour course taught over 15 weeks that includes lectures, tutorials, assignments, quizzes, a midterm exam, course project, and final exam. Students will learn concepts like structural equilibrium, truss analysis, stress/strain, and analyzing stresses on axial members, shafts, and beams. The intended learning outcomes are for students to gain understanding and skills in structural analysis, design, and using analysis tools.

1. ‫قسم هندسة الطيران و الفضاء‬
‫ة‬
‫جامعة القاهر‬
Aerospace Engineering Department ‫كمية الهندسة‬
Cairo Faculty of
Aerospace Engineering Programme
University Engineering
Analysis of Structures I (A)
Course Code: AER103A Course Dr. Mohammad Tawfik
Coordinator:
Academic Year: 1st Telephone: +20-12-025-3333
Offering Dept.: Aerospace Engineering e-mail: Mohammad.tawfik@gmail.com
Credit hours: 3 (2 + 1 Tut.) Room #:
Approval Date: Approved By:
Classroom Regulations
1. The use of mobile telephones in the classroom is not permitted. They should be switched
to silent at all times and must not be answered during class.
2. Students must come to class with the necessary study materials/equipment e.g. paper,
pens, calculators, reference notes.
3. Standards of behaviour in the classroom should be such that all students can study
without disruption.
Failure to adhere to the classroom regulations may render the student subject to disciplinary
action in accordance with the College rules and regulations.
Course Aims:
The main objective of this course is to provide future aeronautical engineers with the means of
analyzing and designing various load bearing structures. Students will learn to analyze a system
of forces and obtain the reactions at the supports of structures; then, the students will be
introduced to the analysis of forces in plain trusses. The students later, will be introduced to the
nature of stress and strain, and the properties of cross sections, finally, the students will be
introduced to the forces and stresses in members subject to axial, torsion, and bending loading.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO’s)
At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
Assessment Prog.
No. Outcome
Tools ILO
Knowledge and Understanding
1 Understand the concept Poisson’s ratio
2 Understand the concept of generalized Hook’s law
3 Know different types of new and smart materials
Intellectual Skills
Calculate the reactions of supports of different
4
structural elements
5 Determine the forces in truss members
Evaluate the second moments of area for different
6
cross sections
Analyze the stresses and deformations of bars subject
7
to axial loading
Course Specification Template

2. ‫قسم هندسة الطيران و الفضاء‬
‫ة‬
‫جامعة القاهر‬
Aerospace Engineering Department ‫كمية الهندسة‬
Cairo Faculty of
Aerospace Engineering Programme
University Engineering
8 Analyze bars subject to thermal loading
Analyze stresses and deflections of shafts subject to
9
twisting moments
Analyze the stresses in beams subject to bending
10
loading
Professional and Practical Skills
11 Design bars subject to given loads or deformations
12 Design shafts subject to given loads or deformations
13 Design testing equipment for load measurement
General and Transferable Skills
Research on the characteristics of new and smart
14
structures
Prepare assignments’ report using computer
15
applications
Assessment of student performance
Assessment Type Weight% Expected
Offering Week
Class participation and assignments 5 Every week
Quiz #1 6 5
Quiz #2 6 13
Course project 10 8-14
Midterm Exam 6 8
Final Exam 67 17-18
Total 100%
Grading
Percentage Letter Grade
Score
85 – 100 Distinction
75 – 84 Very Good
65 – 74 Good
50 – 64 Pass
50< Fail
Educational Resources
Resource Description
th
Textbook Mechanics of Materials (4 Edition), Beer, Johnston, and DeWolf,
Required McGraw Hill.
Recommended T.H.G. Megson, Structural and Stress Analysis, Second Edition,
Reading Elsevier, 2005, ISBN 0 7506 6221 2
Other Library resources, Internet search of periodicals
Resources:
Course Specification Template

3. ‫قسم هندسة الطيران و الفضاء‬
‫ة‬
‫جامعة القاهر‬
Aerospace Engineering Department ‫كمية الهندسة‬
Cairo Faculty of
Aerospace Engineering Programme
University Engineering
Course Content
Wk Topic ILO#
1 (22/9) Introduction
Equilibrium of structures
2 (29/9) Support Reactions
3 (6/10) Vacation
4 (13/10) Analysis of Trusses
5 (20/10) Quiz#1
Analysis of trusses
6 (27/10) The nature of stress and strain
Generalized Hook’s law
7 (3/11) Axial stresses and bar deflections
8 (10/11) Midterm
9 (17/11) 3eed
10 (24/11) Axial stresses and bar deflections
11 (1/12) Torsion of circular sections
12 (8/12) Torsion of circular sections
13 (15/12) Quiz#2
Bending loads
14 (22/12) Bending moment diagrams
15 (29/12) Second moments of area
16 (5/1) Stresses in beams
Course Regulations
 Assessment (coursework and exams) deadlines and schedules will be provided by the
lecturer. Assessments must be submitted in strict accordance with the published
assessment procedures.
 In the case of absence, it is the responsibility of the student to obtain and cover the
course material missed.
Honor Code
Students are responsible for maintaining the academic integrity of the learning process.
Teaching and Learning Methodologies
The necessary theory for each topic area will be presented in lectures. The applications, practical
experiments and assignment work will be supported in tutorials and lab sessions.
Course Specification Template