Architecture Engineering
Classification of structures, design loads per NSCP, load path and tributary areas.
Conditions for stability, external and internal determinacy, degree of indeterminacy.
Conditions for stability, determinacy calculation for beams, frames, and trusses.
Reactions of multi-span beams, complex roof trusses, and three-hinged arches.
Reactions, multi-span beams, complex roof trusses, cable structures, and three-hinged arches.
Concept of moving loads, influence lines for determinate beams, maximum shear and moment.
Influence lines for beams, finding maximum shear and moment from moving vehicle loads.
Methods for calculating the elastic deformation of beams and frames, including Double Integration, Moment-Area, Conjugate Beam, and Energy Methods.
Calculating structural deflections using Double Integration, Moment-Area, Conjugate Beam, Virtual Work, and Castigliano's Theorem.
Simplified methods for analyzing complex indeterminate frames under vertical and lateral loads, including the Portal and Cantilever methods.
Applying the Portal and Cantilever methods for lateral load analysis of building frames.
The Method of Consistent Deformations, Maxwell-Betti theorem, and the Three-Moment Equation for analyzing statically indeterminate structures.
Applying the Method of Consistent Deformations and the Three-Moment Equation.
The Slope-Deflection Method and the Moment Distribution Method for analyzing indeterminate beams and frames.
Applying Slope-Deflection and Moment Distribution methods to beams and frames.
Introduction to matrix methods, local vs. global coordinates, and assembly of the global stiffness matrix.
Application of the matrix stiffness method to solve trusses and frames via computer-oriented algorithms.
This course focuses on the analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures under various loading conditions. It serves as the bridge between basic mechanics and actual structural design.