Statics of Structures

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Develops notions of internal forces and displacements and instructs students how to design and analyze structures. Presents fundamental principles of structural analysis, determination of internal forces, deflections under the static load conditions, and the bending theory of plane beams and the basic energy theorems. Theory of the first order will be developed for continuous girders, frames, arches, suspension bridges and trusses, including determinate and indeterminate structures. Presents basic principles for construction of influence lines and determination of extreme influences. Two lectures, one precept. Prerequisite: CEE205 or MAE223.