CE 317: Structural Mechanics II

CE 317: Structural Mechanics II

Instructor

Siddhartha Ghosh
Room # 128, Civil Engineering Building
Phone: 7309, Email: sghosh @ civil

Notice:
Schedule for End-Sem: Saturday, Nov 21, 14:30-17:30 pm.
Bring Handout #2 to every class/exam.

(The primary focus of this course is "Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures")
Introduction; Concept of kinematic indeterminacy; Degrees of freedom
Development of slope-deflection equations; Concept of relative stiffness; Application of slope-deflection method to beams and simple frames
Moment distribution method and application to beams and simple frames
Matrix formulation of force and displacement methods — basic framework
Matrix formulation of force method (flexibility matrix approach):

Analysis of simple statically determinate and indeterminate structures

Matrix formulation of displacement methods (stiffness matrix approach), with reference to computer application:

Generation of 1-dimensional frame element stiffness matrix; Flexural, axial & shear deformations; Torsional effects
Concept of local effects; Generation of load vector; Effects of finite joints
Application to plane frames, space frames, grid structures

Introduction to finite elements method for 2-D problems

References

Weaver, W. & Gere, G.M., Matrix Analysis of Framed Structures (3rd Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990. {624.05 Ger, 624.072.3:512.8 Wea}
Hibbeler, R.C. Structural Analysis (5th Ed.), Pearson Education India, 2005. {624.04 Hib}
West, H.H. & Geschwindner, L.F., Fundamentals of Structural Analysis (2nd Ed.), Wiley, 2007.
Reddy, C.S., Basic Structural Analysis (2nd Ed.), Tata McGraw-Hill, 2001. {624.04 Red}
Pandit, G.S. & Gupta, S.P., Structural Analysis — A Matrix Approach (2nd Ed.), Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008. {624.04 Pan}
Norris, C.H., Wilbur, J.B. & Utku, S., Elementary Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1990. {624.04 Wil}