Notes From Class
Week 1: January 27, 29, and 31, 2020.
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Click here to
download a copy of the course syllabus.
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Slides for lectures 2 and 3:
Overview of Structural Analysis and Design .
Please download, print, and add to your class notes.
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Millennium Tower (San Francisco):
See Wikipedia writeup on Millennium Tower,
a 58 story building that is sinking in San Francisco.
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Jakarta is home to 10 million people and the capital city of Indonesia.
It is also the fastest sinking city in the World (sinking 10 inches per year in places).
Google: Jakarta sinking
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YouTube: Simple demonstration of
liquefaction .
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-01-29):
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Week 2: February 3, 5, and 7, 2020.
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Topic: Introduction to Structural Analysis
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-03):
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-05):
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-07):
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Week 3: February 10, 12, and 14, 2020.
Week 4: February 17, 19, and 21, 2020.
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Topic: Statical Indeterminacy: Tree and Ring Methods
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-17):
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Topic: Stability and Analysis of Truss Structures
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-19):
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Topic: Analysis of Truss Structures/Zero Force Members
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-21):
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Handout:
Types of Trusses
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Example:
Method of Joints .
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Example:
Method of Sections .
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Handout:
Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures
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Handout:
Truss Analysis Tutorial
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Homework 2:
Homework 2
Due: February 28.
Week 5: February 24, 26, and 28, 2020.
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Topic: Zero Force Members
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-24):
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Topic: Analysis of Beam Structures
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-26):
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Whiteboard Pics (from 2020-02-28):
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Sample Midterm I Exams:
Midterm I from Spring Semester, 2015.
Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2015.
Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2016.
Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2017.
Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2018.
Midterm I from Fall Semester, 2019.
Week 6: March 2, 4, and 6, 2020.
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Topic: Solution to Midterm I Exam Questions from 2019.
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Whiteboard Notes (from 2020-03-02):
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Inclass Exercise 2:
Problem 02 and
Solution .
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Midterm 1: March 4.
Open book and open notes.
Three questions covering computation of indeterminacy, support reactions,
shear and bending moment diagrams, tensile and compressive element-level forces.
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Topic: Relationship between Shear Force and Bending Moment.
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Whiteboard Notes (from 2020-03-06):
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Week 7: March 9, 11, and 13, 2020.
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Topic: Review of Midterm I.
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Whiteboard Notes (from 2020-03-09):
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Topic: Relationship between Shear Force and Bending Moment.
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Whiteboard Notes (from 2020-03-09):
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Whiteboard Notes (from 2020-03-11):
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Solutions to
Homework 2 .
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Homework 3:
Homework 3
Tentatively due: April 10 (not March 25).
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This is so disappointing:
UMD Advisory: no classes Friday, March 13, 2020
I will post the material that I intended to cover in class
so that we can work toward completing Homework 3.
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Topic (2020-03-13): Principle of Superposition
( pdf )
(zoom video).
Week 8: March 16, 18, and 20, 2020.
Spring Break!
Week 9: March 23, 25, and 27, 2020.
No Classes
(Thanks COVID-19).
Week 10: March 30. April 1 and 3, 2020.
Week 11: April 6, 8 and 10, 2020.
Week 13: April 13, 15 and 17, 2020.
Week 14: April 20, 22 and 24, 2020.
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Topic (2020-04-20): Solution to 2019 Midterm II Exam Problems
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Midterm 2: April 22.
Here is the midterm exam.
NOTE: You have 12 hrs to complete and return the exam.
Please make sure your name and e-mail are clearly written on the first page.
Open book and open notes. University rules on academic integrity apply.
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.
Instructions for Submitting Midterm II: See details on ENCE353 home page.
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Topic (2020-04-24): Solutions to 2020 Midterm II exam
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Solutions to
Homework 3 .
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FYI.
If you're interested in a global view of the statistics for COVID-19,
take a look at the COVID-19 Dashboard
developed by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University.
CSSE is affiliated with the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering at JHU.
Week 15: April 27 and 29. May 1, 2020.
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Topic (2020-04-27): Energy Methods in Structural Analysis
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Topic (2020-04-29): Method of Virtual Displacements
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Topic (2020-05-01): Method of Virtual Forces (Beam Examples)
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Homework 5:
Homework 5
Due: May 8.
Week 16: May 4, 6 and 8, 2020.
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Topic (2020-05-04): Method of Virtual Forces (Truss Examples)
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Topic (2020-05-06): Force and Displacement Methods
(pdf)
(zoom video).
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Topic (2020-05-08): Flexibility Method and Matrices
(pdf)
(zoom video).
Week 15: May 11, 2020.
Final Exam
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May 18, 9 am.
Here is the final exam.
NOTE: You have 12 hrs to complete and return the exam.
Please make sure your name is clearly written on the first page.
Cross out the two questions that you do not want marked.
Open book and open notes. University rules on academic integrity apply.
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, flexibility matrices.
Submitting the Final Exam: See details on ENCE353 home page.
Last Modified: May 18, 2020,
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