Notes From Class

Week 1: August 27, 29, and 31, 2018.

• 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.

• Also see the Wikipedia writeup on trusses for examples of their application to buildings, bridges and space frames.
• NY Times Article: Here's an article on the Millennium-Tower, a 58 story building that is sinking in San Francisco.

• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-08-27): Pic01 .

Week 2: September 5, and 7, 2018.

• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-05): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 , Pic06 , Pic07 , Pic08 , Pic09 and Pic10 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-07): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 and Pic06 .

Week 3: September 10, 12, and 14, 2018.

• Homework 1: Homework 1
  Due: September 19.

• Topic: Introduction to Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-10): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 , Pic06 , Pic07 and Pic08 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-12): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 and Pic06 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-14): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

Week 4: September 17, 19, and 21, 2018.

• Topic: Computing degrees of Statical Indeterminacy.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-17): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 , Pic06 and Pic07 .

• Handout: Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures

• Topic: Analysis of Trusses.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-19): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 and Pic05 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-21): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 , Pic06 , Pic07 and Pic08 .

• Handout: Types of Trusses
• Example: Method of Joints .
• Example: Method of Sections .

Week 5: September 24, 26, and 28, 2018.

• Homework 2: Homework 2
  Due: October 3.
• Solutions to: Inclass Problem 1
• Solutions to: Homework 1

• Topic: Analysis of Statically Determinate Beams
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-24): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 and Pic05 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-09-26): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 , Pic05 and Pic06 .

Week 6: October 1, 3, and 5, 2018.

• Topic: Relationship of shear force and bending moment. Simple examples.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-01): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Analysis of Arches.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-03): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-05): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Sample Midterm I Exams:
  Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Midterm I from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2015.
  Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2016.
  Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2017.
  

Week 7: October 8, 10, and 12, 2018.

• Solutions to: Inclass Problem 2
• Solutions to: Homework 2
• Midterm 1 Review, October 8. Please come to class armed with questions about the recent midterm exams!
• Midterm 1: October 10.
  Open book and open notes.
  Three questions covering computation of indeterminacy, support reactions,
  shear and bending moment diagrams, tensile and compressive element-level forces.

• Topic: Analysis of Arch Structures
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-12): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 and Pic05 .

Week 8: October 15, 17, and 19, 2018.

• Topic: Review of Midterm I.
  
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-15): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Analysis of Cable Structures.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-17): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Analysis of Cable Structures. Simple Examples.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-19): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

Week 9: October 22, 24, and 26, 2018.

• Homework 3: Homework 3
  Due: October 31.

• Topic: Analysis of Cables; Principle of Superposition.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-22): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Principle of Superposition.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-24): Pic01 and Pic02 .

• Topic: Analysis of a Propped Cantilever Beam.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-26): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

Week 10: October 29 and 31. November 2, 2018.

• Topic: Qualitative sketching of deflections. Equation for beam deflections.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-29): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Elastic curve for beam deflections.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-10-31): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 and Pic05 .

• Topic: Moment-area method.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-02): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 , Pic04 and Pic05 .

• Homework 4: Homework 4
  Due: November 14.

• Solutions to: Inclass Problem 3

• Solutions to: Homework 3

Week 11: November 5, 7 and 9, 2018.

• Topic: Moment-area method
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-05): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Moment-area method examples.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-07): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Moment-area method examples.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-09): Pic01 .

• Solutions to: Inclass Problem 4

Week 12: November 12, 14 and 16, 2018.

• Topic: Principle of Virtual Displacements and Virtual Forces ....
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-12): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Principle of Virtual Displacements
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-14): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Recent Midterm II exam questions.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-16): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Solutions to: Homework 4

• Sample Midterm II Exams:
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Midterm II from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2015.
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2016.
  Midterm II from Fall Semester, 2017.
  

Week 13: November 19 and 21, 2018.

• Midterm 2: November 19.
  Open book and open notes.
  Three questions covering: (1) computation of displacements via integration of
  beam differential equations and/or moment area, and (2) arches and cables.
  Virtual work will not be covered.

• No class on November 21.
  Spend the day travelling home to your family ...
  
  Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 14: November 26, 28 and 30, 2018.

• Homework 5: Homework 5
  Due: December 5.

• Topic: Methods of Virtual Displacements and Virtual Forces
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-26): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Review of Midterm II Exam
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-28): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Method of Virtual Forces
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-11-30): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

Week 15: December 3, 5 and 7, 2018.

• Topic: Method of Virtual Forces
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-12-03): Pic01 , Pic02 , Pic03 and Pic04 .

• Topic: Overview of Displacement and Force Methods
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-12-05): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Topic: Computing Flexibility Matrices
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-12-07): Pic01 and Pic02 .

Week 16: December 10, 2018.

• Solutions to: Inclass Problem 5
• Solutions to: Homework 5

• Topic: Solution to recent Final Exam questions.
• Whiteboard Pics (from 2018-12-10): Pic01 , Pic02 and Pic03 .

• Sample Final Exams:
  Final Exam from Fall Semester, 2013.
  Final Exam from Fall Semester, 2014.
  Final Exam from Spring Semester, 2015.
  Final Exam from Fall Semester, 2015.
  Final Exam from Fall Semester, 2016.
  Final Exam from Fall Semester, 2017.
  

Final Exam

• December 15, 8 - 10 am in our regular classroom.
  Format: 2 hrs long plus 5 minutes to read the paper.
  The exam will be open book and open notes.
  Six questions: Question 1 is compulsory. Do three of the remaining five questions.
  Topics include: Moment area, virtual forces, virtual displacements, force method,
  analysis of cables and arches, bending moments and bending moment diagrams.
  

Last Modified: December 10, 2018,
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