Structural Systems I: Form and Analysis

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course begins with a review of the analysis of trusses and shear and moment in beams. Majority of the course covers the calculation of elastic deformations for statically determinate structures and various methods for analyzing statically indeterminate structures focusing on slope deflection method and moment distribution method. The application of matrix analysis in computer modeling using a typical commercially available structural analysis program will be introduced. Also the concept of influence lines for moving loads on statically determine structures will be discussed. FORMATS: Lecture | Tutorial