Reviews approximate methods for analyzing the effect of lateral forces on tall buildings. The analysis of arches. The slope deflection method. Matrix techniques as used in the force and displacement methods of analysis for application with digital computers.
Introduction; plane stress and plane strain; two dimensional problems in rectangular and polar co-ordinates; analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions, elementary problems of elasticity in three dimensions.
Behaviour of materials and structures under dynamic loading; simplified analysis and design principles of structures subjected to wind, earthquake and other dynamic loading.
The nature of complex problems in structural engineering and the numerical methods available for obtaining practical solutions, with emphasis on finite difference, series and energy methods for boundary value problems, and numerical integration procedures for initial value problems.
Structural stability problems; stability of equilibrium; exact and approximate solutions of elastic stability of columns including Newmark's Methods of numerical integration; study of beam-columns; local and lateral buckling of beams.
The elastic and plastic properties of structural metals; fundamental principles of ultimate load analysis of structural members and rigid frames; designed procedure for rigid frame structures.
An advanced study of the design of structural steel members with emphasis on recent changes in design specifications, covering tension members, compression members, local and torsional buckling, beams, and beam-columns.
Material, prestressing systems and loss of prestress. Analysis and design of determinate structures: working stresses, ultimate design, shear, bond, bearing and deflection. Indeterminate structures: continuous beams, floor slabs and frames.