ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

This advanced structural analysis course builds on fundamentals to expand students' understanding and methods to analyze the behavior of indeterminate structures, emphasizing 2D and 3D framed structures. Students will familiarize themselves with the Matrix Flexibility and Matrix Stiffness Methods, learn to program the Direct Stiffness Method and acquire the skills to model framed structures using commercial software. A brief overview of nonlinear analysis will conclude the course. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: CEVE 439 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for CEVE 539 if student has credit for CEVE 439 .