Notes From Class

Week 1: September 3 and 5, 2014.

• Click here to download a copy of the course syllabus.
• Slides for lectures 2 and 3: Overview of Structural Analysis and Design .
  If you didn't get a hardcopy, please download and add to your class notes.

Week 3: September 15, 17 and 19, 2014

• Handout: Types of Trusses
• Also see the Wikipedia writeup on trusses for examples of their application to buildings, bridges and space frames.
• Handout: Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures

Week 4: September 22, 24 and 26, 2014

• Homework 1: Homework 1
  Due: September 26.
• Handout: Solutions to In-Class Problem 1
• Handout: In-Class Problem 2
• Handout: Solutions to In-Class Problem 2
• Handout: Solutions to In-Class Problem 3
• Handout: Compute Distribution of Forces in a Roof Truss
• Handout: Analysis of Statically Determinate Trusses

Week 5: September 29. October 1 and 3, 2014

• Homework 2: Homework 2
  Due: October 3.

Week 6: October 6, 8 and 10, 2014

• Homework 3: Homework 3
  Due: October 10.
• Sample Midterm Exams:
  Midterm 1 from Fall Semester, 2011.
  Midterm 1 from Fall Semester, 2013.

Week 7: October 13, 15 and 17, 2014

• Midterm 1: October 15.
  Open book and open notes.
  Four questions. Question 1 is compulsory.
  Do two out of the remaining three questions.
• Solutions to Homework 1
  
• Solutions to Homework 2
  
• Solutions to Homework 3
  
• Solutions to Midterm 1, Fall 2012
  
• Solutions to Midterm 1, Fall 2013
  

Week 8: October 20, 22 and 24, 2014

• Homework 4: Homework 4
  Due: October 27.

Week 10: November 3, 5 and 7, 2014

• Homework 5: Homework 5
  Due: November 10.
• Solutions to Homework 4
  
• Handout: In-Class Problem 5
• Handout: Solutions to In-Class Problem 5
• Handout: In-Class Problem 6
• Handout: Solutions to In-Class Problem 6

Week 11: November 10, 12 and 14, 2014

• Solutions to Homework 5
  
• Homework 6: Homework 6
  Due: November 17.

Week 12: November 17, 19 and 21, 2014

• Midterm 2 from 2012: Solutions to Midterm 2, 2012
  
• Midterm 2 from 2013: Solutions to Midterm 2, 2013
  
• Solutions to Homework 6
  

Week 13: November 24 and 26, 2014

• Midterm 2 , November 24.
  Open book and open notes.
  Four questions. Question 1 is compulsory.
  Do two out of the remaining three questions.
• November 26. No class.
  Please spend the day travelling home to your family.

Week 14: December 1, 3 and 5, 2014

• Homework 7: Homework 7
  Due: December 10.

Week 15: December 8, 10 and 12, 2014

• Handout: Flexibility Coefficient Method
  
• Handout: Slope Deflection Equations
  
• Handout: Slope Deflection Method
  
• Handout: Final Exam, Fall Semester, 2013
  
• Solutions to Homework 7
  

Final Exam

• December 18, 8 am - 10 am in our regular classroom.
  2 hrs long plus 5 minutes to read the paper.
  Attempt four out of five questions.
  The exam will be open book and open notes. No laptop computers.
  

Last Modified: December 15, 2014,
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