Notes From Class

Week 1: August 29 and 31. September 2. 2016.

• Click here to download a copy of the course syllabus.
• Slides for lectures 2 and 3: Overview of Structural Analysis and Design .
  

  Please download, print, and add to your class notes.

Week 2: September 5, 7, and 9, 2016.

• 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
• Homework: Homework 1
  Due: September 23.
• Solutions: To In-class Problem 01 .

Week 4: September 19, 21, and 23, 2016.

• Handout: Tutorial on Truss Analysis
• Handout: Truss Analysis Example
• NY Times Article: Here's an article on the Millennium-Tower, a 58 story building that is sinking in San Francisco.

Week 5: September 26, 28, and 30, 2016.

• Homework: Homework 2
  Due: October 3.

Week 6: October 3, 5 and 7, 2016.

• Sample Midterm I Exams:
  Midterm 1 from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Midterm 1 from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Midterm 1 from Fall Semester, 2015.
  

Week 7: October 10, 12 and 14, 2016.

• Solutions: To In-class Problem 02 .
• Solutions: To Homework 1 .
• Solutions: To Homework 2 .
• Homework: Homework 3
  Due: October 17.
• Wednesday: We will go over the midterm exam questions in class. If you couldn't make it to class, please get a copy of the notes from someone who was there.
• Midterm 1: October 14.
  Open book and open notes.
  Three questions covering computation of indeterminacy, support reactions,
  shear and bending moment diagrams, tensile and compressive element-level forces.

Week 10: October 31. November 2 and 4, 2016.

• Homework: Homework 4
  Due: November 11.

Week 12: November 14, 16 and 18, 2016.

• Sample Midterm II Exams:
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Midterm II from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2015.
  
• Click here to see pics from the November 13, 2016, Magnitude 7.8 earthquake in New Zealand.
• Solutions: To Homework 3 .
• Solutions: To Homework 4 .
• Solutions: To In-class Problem 03 .
• Solutions: To In-class Problem 04 .

Week 13: November 21 and 23, 2016.

• Midterm 2: November 21.
  Open book and open notes.
  Two questions covering moment area, qualitative sketching of deflections,
  and the methods of virtual forces and virtual displacements.
  Arches and cables are not on the exam.
• Homework: Homework 5
  Due: November 28.
• November 23. No Class. Happy Thanksgiving !!!

Week 14: November 28 and 30. December 2, 2016.

• Comprehensive list of Integration Tables
  
• Integration Tables from the cover of Hibbeler Class Text.

Week 15: December 5, 7 and 9, 2016.

• Sample Final Exams:
  Final from Fall Semester, 2011.
  Final from Fall Semester, 2013.
  Final from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Final from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Final from Fall Semester, 2015.
• Handout: Flexibility Coefficient Method
  
• Handout: Slope Deflection Equations
  
• Handout: Slope Deflection Method
  
• Homework: Homework 6
  Due: December 12.

Week 16: December 12, 2016.

• Last Class ... Review of Material.
• Solutions: To Homework 5 .
• Solutions: To Homework 6 .

Final Exam
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