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Course Management System - UET Taxila
•Introduction to Structural Analysis
o Definition
o Types of Structures
o Structural Idealization
o Loads
•Determinacy, Indeterminacy and Stability of Structures
•Analysis of Determinate trusses
o Common types of trusses
o Classification of coplanar trusses
o Method of joints
o Method of sections
o Graphical method for analysis
•Analysis of Statically determinate Rigid jointed plane Frame
o Determinacy and stability of plane frames
o Analysis (sign convention)
o Shear and bending moment diagrams of frames
•Deflection
o Deflection diagrams and elastic curves
o Energy methods to compute deflections
o Castigliano’s theorem for trusses, beams and frames
o Principle of virtual work for trusses, beams and frames
•Moving loads
o Influence lines for statically determinate beams and paneled girders
o Influence lines for shear, reaction, and bending moment for beams and paneled girder
o Influence lines for axial forces in trusses
o Calculation of maximum stress functions i.e., reaction shear and bending moment in a simply supported beam due to series of moving loads.
o Absolute maximum bending moment and its evaluation
•Arches, Cables and Suspension Bridges
o Three hinged parabolic and circular arches
o Influence line for 3-hinged arches
o Introduction to cables and suspension bridges
•Analysis of indeterminate beams by three moment equation
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Subject Projects:
Subject projects will be given to each student liable to submit the hardcopies along with the soft copies in the standard format. The project should be submitted at the end of eighth week of start of semester.
Parts of subject Project:
• Title Page
• Tables of contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Data Collection
• Practical Examples (at least five)
• References
Standard format for Subject Project:
Title of Project: Font 14 B Times New Roman
Headings: Font 12 B Times New Roman
Text: Font 10 Times New Roman
Line Spacing: Single
Table and Figures Titles: Font 12 B Times New Roman
Presentation Format: .ppt (Power Point Presentation)
Report File Format: .doc (Microsoft Word File)
Binding: Tape Binding with Light Blue front and back with title page on front blue page
All presentations will be submitted along the hard copy in CD. The presentations will be on simple white back ground with minimum animations. It will contain history and all practical examples only.
Assignments:
Following assignments given in the term will be submitted in a week time. All the assignments will be handwritten and no computer prints and photocopies will be accepted.
•Analysis of Determinate trusses
•Analysis of Statically determinate Rigid jointed plane Frame
•Deflections by Unit Load Method
•Deflections by Castigliano’s Theorem
•Influence Line Diagrams
•Arches, Cables and Suspension Bridges
•Analysis of indeterminate beams by three moment equation
List of Subject Projects:
1.History of Various types of Structural Systems
2.History of Various types of Trusses
3.History of Various types of Arches
4.Current Use of Trusses
5.Current Use of Arches
6.Comparison of Load Bearing and Frame Structures (Construction, Load Distributions)
7.Method of Joints for Trusses (History to Current Use)
8.Method of Joints for Trusses (Developing a Computer Program)
9.Method of Sections for Trusses (History to Current Use)
10.Method of Sections for Trusses (Developing a Computer Program)
11.Graphical Method of Truss Analysis (History and Current Use)
12.Shear force Concept (Historical Evolution and Current Use)
13.Bending Moment Concept (Historical Evolution and Current Use)
14.Structural Determinacy of Trusses and Frames (History and Current Form)
15.Castigliano’s Theorem (History of Author and Method along with proof)
16.Castigliano’s Theorem (Implementation on Existing Structures Trusses)
17.Castigliano’s Theorem (Implementation on Existing Structures Beams and Frames)
18.Unit Load Method (History of Author and Method along with proof)
19.Unit Load Method (Implementation on Existing Structures; trusses)
20.Unit Load Method (Implementation on Existing Structures; Beams and Frames)
21.Influence Line Diagrams (History, Importance and Current Use)
22.Influence Line Diagrams (for Axial Forces in Trusses)
23.Influence Line Diagrams (for shear, reactions and bending moment for beams and paneled girders)
24.Absolute maximum bending moment and its evaluation under several moving loads
25.Three Hinged Parabolic Arch (History, hinge introduction, derivations and current use)
26.Three Hinged Circular Arch (History, hinge introduction, derivations and current use)
27.Influence Lines for Three Hinged Arches
28.Cables (History, Ancient to current use)
29.Suspension Bridges (Case History of construction of specific bridge)
30.Three Moment Equation (Development History and Proof)
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