NPTEL Syllabus
Advanced Structural Analysis - Web
course
COURSE OUTLINE
The Structural Analysis courses at UG level generally provide the fundamental
concepts which are suitable for hand [Link] course primarily intends
to reorganise the analysis tools for plane and space truss / frame in the matrix
form so as to make it more meaningful to professionals.
Both the Flexibility (force) and Stiffness (displacement) methods of structural
analysis are being covered with more emphasis on the latter due to its suitability
for computer applications.
The flexibility method cannot be ignored as it is often necessary to obtain
stiffnesses through flexibility techniques.
While these methods are applicable to discretized structures of all types, only
the frame structures have been dealt with in the present course.
A comprehensive treatment to incorporating Non-linear effects in structure
analysis will also be discussed.
The course places little emphasis on efficient computational methods, though
computer implementation issues will be mentioned during concept presentation.
NPTEL
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Civil Engineering
Pre-requisites:
1. Determinate and Indeterminate
Structural Analysis.
Additional Reading:
1. Matrix Algebra.
Coordinators:
COURSE DETAIL
Dr. Pradeep Bhargava
Department of Civil EngineeringIIT
Roorkee
Sl. No.
Topic
Statically Determinate Structures:
No. of
Hours
04
Introduction; Analysis of support reactions, internal
forces in trusses, beams, cables, arches and
frames; Analysis of slopes and deflections in
beams.
Principle of virtual displacements and virtual forces;
Reciprocal theorems; Energy concepts.
Displacement-based and force-based energy
principles; deriving stiffness and flexibility
coefficients.
Statically Indeterminate Structures:
04
Force Methods : Statical degree of indeterminacy
Method of consistent deformations;
Theorem of least work, Displacement Methods :
Kinematic DOF Slope-deflection method; Moment
distribution method.
Matrix Analysis of Structures:
04
Introduction; Coordinate systems; Displacement
and force transformation matrices;
Element and structure stiffness matrices; Element
and structure flexibility matrices; Equivalent joint
loads; Stiffness and flexibility approaches.
Matrix Analysis of Structures with Axial Elements:
08
Axial stiffness and flexibility; Stiffness matrices for
an axial element (two dof), plane truss element (four
dof) and space truss element (six dof).
Analysis by stiffness method (two/one dof per
element) , Analysis by flexibility method.
Plane Trusses: Analysis by stiffness and flexibility
methods.
Space Trusses: Analysis by stiffness method.
Matrix Analysis of Beams and Grids:
08
Beam element stiffness (four dof); Generation of
stiffness matrix for continuous beam; Dealing with
internal hinges, hinged and guided-fixed end
supports.
Accounting for shear deformations.
Beam element stiffness (two dof); Dealing with
moment releases, hinged and guided-fixed end
supports.
Flexibility Method for Fixed and Continuous
Beams: Force transformation matrix; Element
flexibility matrix; Solution procedure (including
support movements).
Stiffness Method for Grids: Introduction; Torsional
stiffness of grid element and advantage of torsion
release; Analysis by stiffness method using grid
element with six/three dof.
Matrix Analysis of Plane and Space Frames:
07
Stiffness Method for Plane Frames: Element
stiffness (six dof); Generation of structure stiffness
matrix and solution procedure;Dealing with internal
hinges and various end conditions.
Stiffness Method for Plane Frames: Element
stiffness ignoring axial deformations; Dealing with
moment releases, hinged and guided-fixed end
supports.
Flexibility Method for Plane Frames: Force
transformation matrix; Element flexibility matrix;
Solution procedure (including support movements);
Ignoring axial deformations.
Stiffness Method for Space Frames: Introduction;
Element stiffness matrix of space frame element
with 12 dof and 6 dof; Coordinate transformations.
Analysis of Elastic Instability and Second-Order
Effects:
06
Effects of axial force on flexural stiffness:
Review of buckling of ideal columns; Flexural
behaviour and stiffness measures for beamcolumns - braced and unbraced, under axial
compression.
Solution by Slope deflection Method: Slope
deflection equations for prismatic beam-columns
using stability functions; modifications for pinned
and guided-fixed end conditions; fixed-end
moments in beamcolumns; Introduction to solution
by matrix method.
References:
1. McGuire, W., Gallagher, R.H. and Ziemian, R.D., "Matrix Structural
Analysis", Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2000.
2. Ghali, A., Neville, A.M., "Structural Analysis - A Unified Classical and
Matrix Approach", Second Edition, Chapman and Hall, London, 1978.
3. William, Weaver, Jr., James, M. Gere, "Matrix Analysis of Framed
Structures", D. Van Nostrand Co., New York, 1980.
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