Week - 1 |
Introduction
- Statically determinate structures vs. statically indeterminate structures
-Force method vs. displacement method of structural analysis
- Discretization of structures; consepts of degrees of freedom and kinematic indeterminancy
- Fundemantal assumptions |
Week - 2 |
- Calculation of structural deformations using energy methods |
Week - 3 |
- Analysis of statically indeterminate structures with the force method |
Week - 4 |
Slope deflection method - Derivation of slope-deflection equations |
Week - 5 |
Slope deflection method - Application of slope deflection method for the structural analysis of continuous beams |
Week - 6 |
Slope deflection method - Application of slope deflection method for the structural analysis of support settlement problems and hinged structures. |
Week - 7 |
Slope deflection method - Structural analysis of sway and non-sway frames. |
Week - 8 |
Moment distribution method
- Basic concepts; relative member stiffness, distribution factors and carry-over factors
- Modified member stiffness and carry-over factor for a member with one end hinged |
Week - 9 |
Moment distribution method
- Application to the analysis of continuous beams
- Application to the structural analysis of framed structures |
Week - 10 |
Matrix displacement method (Stiffness method)
- Fundamental principles of the displacement method of structural analysis
- Analysis of indeterminate structures by displacement method |
Week - 11 |
Matrix displacement method (Stiffness method)
- Member (local) and structural (global) coordinates
- Member (element) stiffness matrix in member (local) coordinate system |
Week - 12 |
Matrix displacement method (Stiffness method)
- Member (local) and structural (global) coordinates
- Member (element) stiffness matrix in member (local) coordinate system |
Week - 13 |
Matrix displacement method (Stiffness method)
- Member (element) stiffness matrix instructural (global) coordinate system
- Assembly of element stiffness matrix into structural stiffness matrix |
Week - 14 |
Matrix displacement method (Stiffness method)
- Demonstration of commercially available structural analysis software (e.g. SAP2000, ETAPs) |