DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE - University of Oregon



Department of Architecture

School of Architecture and Allied Arts

University of Oregon at Eugene and Portland

March 28, 2007

STRUCTURES PREPARATION REQUIREMENT

For students planning to take ARCH 4/561, Structural Behavior, Fall 2007

As of Fall 2005, ARCH 4/561, Structural Behavior, no longer includes a review of math and physics for students who need a refresher of these prerequisite subjects. All students planning to take the course must complete a diagnostic examination that covers the math and physics skills that will be used to introduce structures concepts. Students who receive a passing score on all three sections of the examination are eligible to enroll. Students who do not pass one or more parts of the examination will be required to complete the appropriate modules of a pre-structures workshop that will be offered at the Eugene campus the week before fall term begins. The workshop is optional for students who passed all parts of the diagnostic examination and required for students who do not take the examination. Students who have completed ARCH 4/561 and ARCH 4/562 or who have received transfer credit for both courses of the structures sequence are not required to take the diagnostic examination or the preparatory course.

THE DIAGNOSTIC MATH/PHYSICS EXAMINATION

The diagnostic examination is offered during spring term prior to the year students begin taking structures. This examination has been scheduled for:

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 115 Lawrence Hall

UO Portland Center*

*Students who wish to take the exam at the UO Portland Center instead of Eugene must notify the department at archinfo@uoregon.edu by April 16th.

Students who complete the diagnostic examination will be able to access their test scores and module requirements on Blackboard two weeks after the exam date. Students who barely pass any of the sections of the diagnostic exam are strongly encouraged to audit the preparatory workshop.

PRE-STRUCTURES WORKSHOP

The math and physics preparatory workshop will be taught in three modules during the week before fall term begins; 5 of the 6 days between 9/17-9/22. Students are required to take only those modules in which they did not receive a passing score. Students who do not take the diagnostic examination are required to take all three modules. The modules will be scheduled as follows:

Day 1: Math Skills

Days 2 & 3: Force Vectors and Vibration Theory

Days 4 & 5: Moments and Equilibrium

Meeting place: 282 Lillis Business Complex

Lectures will be presented each day between 10:00 and 12:00; homework will be assigned to be completed between 12:00 and 16:00; and 16:00 to 18:00 will be reserved for lectures, review, class workshops, and short quizzes.

Students who passed a particular section of the exam but would still like to attend the lectures to review the material are welcome to do so. You are required to register, and pay, for modules that you attend.

Attendance is mandatory. You must complete the required modules to enroll in ARCH 4/561.

***Students should bring a scientific calculator to all class meetings.***

Since this is a review course that repeats material learned in prerequisite courses, there is no academic credit awarded for this workshop. The course will be offered through UO Continuing Education.

Non-credit Tuition

Entire workshop $100.00

or

One day math module $20.00

Two day force vector module $40.00

Two day moment/equilibrium module $40.00

Registration

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Outside of 282 Lillis

All students attending the course must register and pay the course fee. This includes students who choose to audit the workshop. For students who are not taking module I there will be an opportunity to register before their required module begins (day 2 and day 4).

Payment is due at time of registration(s). You may choose to pay either by cash, check or credit card. Make checks payable to the University of Oregon. We are not set up for debit card payments. We cannot accept American Express.

FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE PORTLAND CENTER

Students enrolled at the Portland Center who plan to take the structures prep workshop in Eugene can request assistance from the department to place them in no-cost overnight home stays in Eugene for the nights of September 17-21. Please notify the department by September 3rd if you need placement assistance.

Exam content

The diagnostic examination tests student familiarity with the following general subject areas:

Algebra and trigonometry

Force vectors, resolving vectors into components, methods for addition of vectors, resultants

Equilibrium of rigid bodies, moments of forces, calculating reactions

Stress and Strain

Vibration theory

The diagnostic examination may also include a few questions designed to evaluate the class’s prior knowledge of structures. This will help the instructor present the material at an appropriate level. Performance on these questions will not be considered when determining pass rates for the purpose of requiring attendance at the pre-structures workshop.

REFERENCES AND STUDY MATERIAL

MATH: The online practice tests at the UO testing center reviews the material in prerequisites MATH 111, 112. Try it at:

This covers more than you need to pass the diagnostic exam. Make sure to review basic algebra (including solving simultaneous equations) and basic trigonometry.

PHYSICS: The textbook used for PHYS 201, 202 at the UO, Physics Principles with Applications 6th ed., sections 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.9, 8.4, 9.1-9.3, 11.1-11.6. You may also want to consult sections 2.1-2.5 and 3.2 in Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction, 2nd ed.

Study readers are on reserve, and available for check out, at the AAA library in Eugene and at the Portland Center. The readers are also available in the department offices (Portland and Eugene), but are not allowed out of the office.

SPECIFIC PHYSICS CONTENT

The prerequisite for the structures sequence in the Department of Architecture is PHYSICS 201. Not all of the material from this course pertains to structures, but the relevant material is listed below. This material is essential for the study of structures, and you are required to have mastery of it before commencing with the structures courses. The following itemized list outlines the physics subject area that will be covered on the diagnostic exam and in the preparatory workshop in the fall.

Definition of use of concepts of “rigid bodies” and “particles”

Forces

Characteristics of a force

Types of force systems

Sign conventions for forces

Newton’s Laws

Principle of Transmissibility

Vectors

Parallelogram Law for the addition of forces

Resolution of forces into rectangular components

Graphical addition and resolution of forces

Vector addition by the component method (analytical method)

Moment of a force

Sign convention of moments

Varignon’s Theorem

Couples

Moment of a couple

Resolution of a force into a force and a couple acting at another point

Resultants of parallel forces

Resultants of distributed forces

Equilibrium

Equilibrium equations

Free body diagrams

Equilibrium of a particle

Equilibrium of rigid bodies

Stability

Stress and Strain

Elasticity, Hooke’s Law, and Young’s Modulus

Friction (not in Onouye)

Vibration Theory

Simple harmonic motion

Period and frequency

Damped harmonic motion

Forced vibrations and resonance

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