Details regarding class organization.
| Class | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
| 1 | Aug 20 | Introduction - Review of Statics | 1.1-1.4, 3.1-3.7 | |
| 2 | Aug 22 | Loads on Structures Load Definitions, Load Uncertainty, Support Conditions | 2.1-2.4 | |
| Lab | Aug 23 | Distribution of Loads & Load Paths Wind Load Example | Tributary Area Examples | 3.6, 14, 21, 33 |
| 3 | Aug 27 |
Snow Loads, Snow Load Tables Fall 2000 Homework, Solution (PDF) | 2.5-2.7 | |
| 4 | Aug 29 |
Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams | 5.1-5.4 | 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 & 2.10 |
| Lab | Aug 30 |
Intro to RISA 2D | Risa 2-D demo version | |
| Sept 3 |
Labor Day |
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| 5 | Sept 5 | Analysis of Plane Frames | 5.5-5.6 | Handout |
| Lab | Sept 6 |
Bending Diagram by Parts | 6.5 | 5.11, 26,
46, 52 |
| 6 | Sept 10 |
Beam Deflections - Direct Integration | 6.1-6.3 | 5.64, 65, 70, 70* |
| 7 | Sept 12 | Beam Deflections - Conjugate Beam | 6.6 | 6.5, 12, 13 all by integration |
| Lab | Sept 13 | Beam Deflections | ||
| 8 | Sept 17 | Virtual Work | 7.1-7.2 | 6.41, 54, 59 |
| 9 | Sept 19 |
Deflection of Trusses by Virtual Work | 7.3 | 7.7, 9*, 14 |
| Lab | Sept 20 | EXAM #1 - Old Exam (2000) | ||
| 10 | Sept 24 |
Deflection of Beams by Virtual Work | 7.4 Product Integral | |
| 11 | Sept 26 |
Deflection of Frames by Virtual Work | 7.5 | 7.20, 26, 32, 35* |
| Lab | Sept 27 |
Deflections due to Thermal Effects | Handout | 7.40, 43, 43* |
| 12 | Oct 1 |
Virtual Work | ||
| 13 | Oct 3 |
Influence Lines | 8.1 | 7.16, 40 Member AD temperature 150 deg F on left-hand surface 50 deg F on right-hand surface, h = 14 inches, alpha = 6.5*10-6 |
| Lab | Oct 4 |
Influence Lines | 8.3-8.4 | |
| 14 | Oct 8 |
Influence Lines for Trusses | 8.6, 13, 16, 19 | |
| 15 | Oct 10 | Moving Loads HL-93 | 9.1-9.2 | 8.47, 52* |
| Lab | Oct 11 | Series of Moving Loads | 9.3 | |
| 16 | Oct 15 |
Absolute Maximum Response | 9.4 | 9.6, 9 |
| 17 | Oct 17 |
Mueller-Breslau Principle | 8.2 | 9.15, 16 |
| Lab | Oct 18 |
Absolute Maximum Response | Risa Example | |
| 18 | Oct 22 | Indeterminate Structures | 11.1-11.2 | 9.20, Also using Risa, construct a shear and moment envelope for the beam in Prob. 8.20 and the loads in Prob. 9.5 |
| 19 | Oct 24 |
Approximate Methods | 12.1-12.2 | |
| Lab | Oct 25 |
EXAM #2 Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 | |
| 20 | Oct 29 |
Portal Method Mathcad & Excel Examples | 12.3-12.4 |
4.32 assuming crossed diagonals, as described in class. Assume (a) slender compression diagonals and (b) compression and tension diagonals have equal stiffness. |
| 21 | Oct 31 |
Method of Consistent Displacements | 13.1-13.2 |
12.4, 4*, 13, 13* & compare computer vs. approximate results. |
| Lab | Nov 1 |
Method of Consistent Displacements | 13.4 | |
| 22 | Nov 5 |
Method of Consistent Displacements | 13.14, 22, 26* | |
| 23 | Nov 7 |
Slope Deflection | 15.1-15.3 | 13.51, 51*, 55, 56 |
| Lab | Nov 8 |
Consistent Displacements & Slope Deflection | ||
| 24 | Nov 12 |
Slope Deflection | 15.4 | 15.2, 9, 12 |
| 25 | Nov 14 |
Stiffness Method - Linear Algebra - Notation | 17.1-2 | 15.18, 23, Ignore the support displacements in 15.23 |
| Lab | Nov 15 |
EXAM #3 Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 | |
| Nov | 19-23 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
| 26 | Nov 26 |
Direct Stiffness Method, Example | 17.3 | |
| 27 | Nov 28 |
Truss Coordinate Transformation, Example (PDF) | 17.4 | Handout |
| Lab | Nov 29 |
Member Stiffness& Mathcad Example (PDF) | 17.5 | |
| 28 | Dec 3 |
Non-nodal Loads, Non-nodal Example (PDF) | 17.6 | 17.3 |
| 29 | Dec 5 |
Support Displacements | 17. 5, 6, 9 |
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| Lab | Dec 6 |
Support Displacement Example (PDF) | ||
| Dec 10 | FINAL EXAM - 10:15 A.M. Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 |
The reading assignments should be completed before each lecture.
The homework problems are due on the dates shown.
*These problems are to be completed using RISA.