Structural Analysis I

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

Structural forms and classifications; Loads; Structural analysis and design; Idealized structures; Principle of superposition; Equations of equilibrium; Internal forces; Free body diagrams; Determinacy and stability; Simple applications of equilibrium equations; Determinacy and stability of trusses; Analysis of planar trusses; Shear force and bending moment functions of beams; Shear force and bending moment diagrams of beams and frames; Differential equations of deflection curve of beams; Integration of differential equation of deflection curve; Macaulay?s Method; Method of superposition; Moment-area method; Deflections using energy methods for beams, trusses and frames.