Lecture Topics
- Diagrams of internal forces and influence lines in statically determinate structures.
- Betti’s theorem and calculations of elastic deflections.
- Flexibility (force) method.
- Stiffness (displacement) method.
- Influence lines in statically indeterminate structures.
Prerequisite
014104 – Strength of Materials 1
Reading Requirements
- Kirsh, A. “Structural Statistics – Summary of Lectures, Examples of Solutions, Assisting Tables”.
- Deklo, M., Farjh, D. “Structural Statistics – Exercise book”. · Kirsh, A., “Structural Statistics – Exercises”.
- Darkov AV, Kuznetsov VI “Structural Mechanics”, Mir, 1969. · Utku S, Norris CH, Wilbur JB “Elementary Structural Analysis”, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
- McCormac J, Elling RE, “Structural Analysis: A Classical and Matrix Approach”, Harper and Row, New York, 1988.
- Weaver W, Gere JM, “Matrix Analysis of Framed Structures”, Van-Nostrand, 1980.
- Ghali A, Neville AM, Brown TG, “Structural Analysis: A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach: Spon Press, 2003.
Contact Hours
Lecture: 2 hours
Recitation: 2 hours
Credit: 3.0