Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop analytical and conceptual understanding of structural action through the use of compatability methods (virtual work and flexibility analysis).
To develop an appreciation of the importance of construction tolerances and foundation settlements.
To develop understanding of structural analysis using equilibrium methods.
Content:
Revision of statics for statically determinate frames and trusses.
Virtual work and the Unit Load method for calculating deflections.
Maxwells reciprocal theorem and influence lines.
Flexibility Analysis of statically indeterminate truss and frame structures.
Lack of fit, support settlements and temperature effects.
Virtual work extended to beams subject to bending, shear and torsion.
Torsional and shear deflection of beams.
Derivation of slope deflection relations.
Application of the slope/deflection method to continuous beams and sway frames.
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