Advanced Structural Mechanics

Topics

• 2-D and 3-D analyses of stresses and strains
• Principal stresses and maximum shear stress
• Differential equations of equilibrium
• Compatibility conditions
• Bending of unsymmetrical members
• Shear centre
• Shearing stresses due
• Thin-walled open
• Closed members
• Torsion of closed and open sections
• Warping
• Non-uniform torsion and warping stresses
• Theory of plates- Rectangular and circular plates problems
• Buckling of elastic columns