TCW 3205 Structural Analysis II

(Extract from Yearbook)

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to specialized areas of structural engineering so that they can have a better understanding of the behavior of structural systems. The concept of plastic analysis is introduced, as an offset to elastic theory covered in the previous courses. The principles and concepts of dynamic analysis, analysis of plates and simple shells and yield line analysis are also introduced.

Topics to be covered include: -

Plastic Analysis of Structures: - Elastic-plastic stress-strain relationship, Plastic bending without axial force, Effect of axial load on plastic moment, Collapse loads and collapse mechanisms of beams and frames, Application of Virtual work and the statically method.

Dynamic analysis: - single and two degrees of freedom systems (damped and undamped systems), Energy method, Rayleigh method.

Analysis of plates:- Assumptions in thin plate theory, Moment-curvature relations, Equilibrium of an element, Differential Equation of plate bending, Boundary conditions, Navier solution for a plate simply supported on four sides, Levys method for plate with various support conditions, Transformation of moments and curvatures.

Yield line analysis: - Yield line patterns, Guidelines for choosing yield line patterns, Assumptions used in yield line analysis, Virtual work method, Equilibrium method.

Laboratory and project work.