Basics of structural analysis: static & dynamic loading, linear & nonlinear structural behaviour, geometric & material nonlinearity, hysteretic behaviour; Classical linear analysis of frames and trusses: displacement method, slope deflection equations & matrix displacement method, effect of foundation settlement and temperature; Geometric nonlinear analysis of frames and trusses: displacement method, nonlinear slope-deflection equations & nonlinear behaviour, linearized iterative matrix displacement method, geometric stiffness matrix, tangent stiffness matrix, P- D effect, buckling of frames, tension structures; Material nonlinear analysis of frames: basics of plasticity, distributed plasticity & lumped plasticity, incremental nonlinear analysis.
Text/Reference Books:
- Thandavamoorthy, T.S., Structural Analysis, Oxford University Press
- Weaver, W. and Gere, J.M., Matrix Analysis of Framed Structures, CBS Publisher
- Wang, C.K., Intermediate Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill
- Kanchi, M.B., Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis, Wiley Eastern Limited
- Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Pearson
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