UK College of Design School of Architecture

ARC434 Spring 2022

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN

STATICS, STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, & DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

Instructor: Peyman Jahed Teaching Assistants:

Office Hours: After class, or by Appointment Ethan Barnett Barnett.Ethan@uky.edu
E-mail: peyman.jahed@uky.edu Parker Selin parker.selin@uky.edu
Class Meeting time: 5:30 – 6:45 pm

The Purpose of This Course (Philosophy):

The purpose of this course is to introduce conceptual and analytical methods for structural analysis and
design that would enable students to become better architectural designers. After successful completion of
this course students should be able to: understand simple statics; become familiar with design of wood,
steel, and concrete structures; can design simple wood and steel beams; understand gravity and lateral
loads and structural systems that can resist them.

Texts: REQUIRED
1. STRUCTURE FOR ARCHITECTS: A PRIMER, RAMSEY DABBY AND ASHWANI BEDI, WILEY, 2ND EDITION, ISBN: 978-0-
470-63376-2
2. BUILDING STRUCTURES ILLUSTRATED: PATTERNS, SYSTEMS, AND DESIGN, FRANCIS D. K. CHING, BARRY S. ONOUYE,
DOUGLAS ZUBERBUHLER, WILEY, 2ND EDITION, ISBN: 978-1-118-84830-2

Recommended:
1. Why Buildings Stand Up, Mario Salvadori, W. W. Norton & Company
2. Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail, Mario Salvadori, W. W. Norton & Company
3. Building Construction Illustrated, Francis Ching, Cassandra Adams. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
4. Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the International Building Code, Francis D. K.
Ching, Steven R. Winkel, Francis D. K. Ching, Steven Winkel, AIA. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Course Description:
By using variety of method including conceptual, analytical, and digital, we will try to better understand
structural behavior under all types of loads on individual structural members as well as whole structure. The
ultimate goal of this class is to enable students to be able to understand structures under different loading
conditions so that they can become better designers.

Content of the Course:

• Statics, Beams and Columns, and Trusses

• Gravity and Lateral Forces
• Building Systems to Resist Gravity and Lateral Forces

If Time permits, the following subjects will be discussed as well.

• Building-Structure Materials Wood, Steel, and Concrete Construction
• Walls
• Foundations
• Introduction to Analytical Software, BIM

Homework Policy:
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Homework assignments will be made periodically throughout the semester. All homework must be submitted
(see below) before class on the due date. Late homework is not acceptable except for unusual circumstances
beyond the control of the student.
All homework must be done neatly and submitted as follows:
Students will be invited to google drive, where you will have access to a folder labeled "Student
Homework Submissions" and inside that folder you should only have access to the folder with your name
on it. If everyone will just be sure to save their homework as a pdf* with the filename
"HW(#)_LastnameFirstname.pdf" and upload to your folder before class starts on the day it's due, we
will grade it and re-upload in the same folder "Graded_HW(#)_LastnameFirstname" so everything will
just live in the same place for you.

Quizzes: Two quizzes will be given during the semester. Each quiz will be approximately 75 minutes.
Notebooks:
Notebooks will be collected at the end of semester and they will be graded (See Course Grade). Notebooks
must be 8 ½”x11” in size. Leave the first few pages blank so that at the end of the semester you could fill the
pages with a table of content and an introduction written by you. Start at a new page for each lecture and
always date at the top of the page. You must include additional material in your notebook after each lecture.
Always start this section again with date and state that these are your notes etc. Be creative and teach
yourself by studying the lecture material and other references and writing the summary in words or graphical
forms in your notes.

Final Exam:
A comprehensive, two-hour exam will be given at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday May 5, 2022. The final exam is
optional see Course Grade.

Class attendance:
Class attendance is mandatory: For each unexcused absence after three unexcused absences your total grade
will be reduced by one point (see Letter Grade Scale).

Spring 2022 - Important Dates

Last day to add a class January 14

Last day to drop without a W or change grading option January 28

Quiz-1 March 1

Midterm March 14

Spring Break - Academic Holidays March 14-19

Last day to withdraw from the University or reduce course load March 28

Quiz-2 April 22

Finals Week May 2-5

Final Exam May 5

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January 2022
• January 25 - Monday -- First day of classes
• January 10-14 Monday through Friday -- Late registration for returning students who did not priority register and new
applicants cleared late for admission. A late fee is assessed students who register late.
• January 14 - Friday - Last day to officially withdraw from the University or reduce course load and receive an 80 percent
refund
• January 14 - Friday -- Last day to add a class for the 2021 Spring Semester
• January 14 - Friday - Last day for students in the Employee Educational Program who registered and/or changed schedules
after December 8 to submit EEP form to Human Resource Services to confirm 2022 Spring Semester registration and tuition
waiver.
• January 17 - Monday - Martin Luther King Birthday - Academic Holiday
• January 28 - Friday - Last day to drop a course without it appearing on the student’s transcript
• January 28 - Friday - Last day to change grading option (pass/fail to letter grade or letter grade to pass/fail; credit to audit or
audit to credit)

February 2022
• February 12 - Friday -- Last day to change grading option (pass/fail to letter grade or letter grade to pass/fail; credit to audit
or audit to credit)
• February 22 - Monday -- Deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of University
Registrar for change of residency status for 2022 Spring Semester
• February 9 - Wednesday -- Last day to officially withdraw from the University or reduce course load and receive a 50 percent
refund
• February 10 - Thursday - Deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of Undergraduate
Admission and University Registrar for change of residency status for 2022 Spring Semester
• February 10 - Thursday - Deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of Undergraduate
Admission and University Registrar for change of residency status for 2022 Spring Semester

March 2022
• March 1 – Tuesday Quiz -1
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• March 7-April 19 - Monday through Tuesday - Registration for Fall 2022 and Summer 2022 for new students in the following
categories: On-Line Certificate, Non-Degree Students, Certificate Non-Degree Students, Visiting Students, and On-line
Degree Seeking
• March 14 - Monday - Midterm of 2022 Spring Semester - end of ninth week of classes
• March 14-19 - Monday through Saturday - Spring Vacation - Academic Holidays
• March 28 - Monday - Last day to withdraw from the University or reduce course load. Students can withdraw or reduce
course load after this date only for “urgent non-academic reasons.”
• March 28-April 19 - Monday through Tuesday - Priority registration for the 2022 Fall Semester and the 2022 Summer Session

April 2022
• April 1 - Friday - Last day for filing an application for a May 2022 or August 2022 undergraduate or graduate degree online in
myUK
• April 8 - Friday - Deadline for applying for admission to the Graduate School for the 2022 Summer Session
• April 15 - Friday - Deadline for international applications to be submitted to the Graduate School for the 2022 Fall Semester
• April 20-June 19 - Wednesday through Sunday - Registration continues for currently enrolled students not registered for the
2022 Fall semester and add/drop for any currently enrolled students for the 2022 Fall semester
• April 22 – Thursday Quiz -2
• April 27 - Wednesday - Last day of classes

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• April 25-27 - Monday through Wednesday - Prep Days - Classes DO meet

• April 28-29 - Thursday and Friday - Reading Days - Classes do NOT meet
May 2022

• May 2-5 - Monday through Thursday - Final Examinations

• May 6 - Friday - End of 2022 Spring Semester
• May 6 - Friday - Last day for candidates for a May 2022 degree to submit final revised thesis/dissertation (EDT)for
acceptance by the Graduate School for those students who first submitted April 29
• May 6 and May 7 - Friday & Saturday - Commencement
• May 5 – Thursday Final Exam 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm.

Course Grade:
Option A:
Lowest Quiz will be dropped, but you must take the final exam. Also if you miss a quiz, you have to take this
option.

Notebook: 20%
Homework: 20%
One Quiz: 25%
Final Exam: 35%
Total: 100%

Option B:
Notebook: 20%
Homework: 20%
Quiz 1: 30%
Quiz 2: 30%
Total: 100%

Letter Grade Scale:

A: 90 - 100 B: 80 - 89 C: 70 - 79 D: 60 - 69 E: 0 - 59

General Comments:
1. Class attendance is mandatory. You must come to class on time and participate in discussions (see class
attendance).
2. Each student is expected to solve his/her own homework problems. You are encouraged to work together,
but do not copy homework. Students who are caught copying homework will receive zero credit for that
homework assignment.
3. Anyone caught cheating on a quiz or the final exam will be dealt with according to the university regulations
and as a minimum will receive an E for the course.
4. All quizzes and the final exam will be closed book and closed notes.

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