Details regarding class organization.
| Class | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
| 1 | Aug 25 | Introduction - Review of Statics | 1.1-1.4, 3.1-3.7 | |
| 2 | Aug 27 | Loads on Structures Load Definitions, Load Uncertainty, Support Conditions | 2.1-2.4 | |
| Lab | Aug 28 | Distribution of Loads & Load Paths Wind Load Example | Tributary Area Examples | 3.6, 14, 21, 33 |
| Sept 1 | Labor Day | |||
| 3 | Sept 3 | Snow Loads, Snow Load Tables Fall 2000 Homework, Solution (PDF) | 2.5-2.7 | 2.3, 2.6 |
| Lab | Sept 4 | Intro to RISA 2D | Risa 2-D Demo version 8.0 | |
| 4 | Sept 8 | Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams | 5.1-5.4 | Handout |
| 5 | Sept 10 | Analysis of Plane Frames | 5.5-5.6 | 5.11, 24, 46, 46*, 52 |
| Lab | Sept 11 | Bending Diagram by Parts | 6.5 | |
| 6 | Sept 15 | Beam Deflections - Direct Integration | 6.1-6.3 | 5.64, 65, 70, 70* |
| 7 | Sept 17 | Beam Deflections - Conjugate Beam | 6.6 | 6.5, 12, 13 all by integration |
| Lab | Sept 18 | Beam Deflections | ||
| 8 | Sept 22 | Virtual Work | 7.1-7.2 | 6.41, 53, 59 |
| 9 | Sept 24 | Deflection of Trusses by Virtual Work | 7.3 | 7.7, 9*, 14 |
| Lab | Sept 25 | Deflection of Beams by Virtual Work | 7.4 Product Intgrl | |
| 10 | Sept 29 | Deflection of Frames by Virtual Work | 7.5 | 7.20, 24, 26, 30* |
| 11 | Oct 1 | Deflections due to Thermal Effects | 7.35, 38, 38* | |
| Lab | Oct 2 | EXAM #1 - Old Exam (2000) | ||
| 12 | Oct 6 | Virtual Work | Handout | |
| 13 | Oct 8 | Influence Lines | 8.1-8.2 | 7.16, 35 Member AD temperature 150 deg F on left-hand surface 50 deg F on right-hand surface, h = 14 inches, alpha = 6.5*10-6 |
| Lab | Oct 9 | Influence Lines | 8.3-8.4 | |
| 14 | Oct 13 | Influence Lines for Trusses | 8.4, 13, 16, 19 | |
| 15 | Oct 15 | Moving Loads HL-93 | 9.1-9.2 | 8.47, 52* |
| Lab | Oct 16 | Series of Moving Loads | 9.3 | |
| 16 | Oct 20 | Absolute Maximum Response | 9.4 | 9.6, 9 |
| 17 | Oct 22 | Mueller-Breslau Principle | 8.2 | 9.15, 16 |
| Lab | Oct 23 | Absolute Maximum Response | Risa Example | |
| 18 | Oct 27 | Indeterminate Structures | 11.1-11.2 | 9.20, Also using Risa, construct a shear and moment envelope for the beam in Prob. 8.20 and the loads in Prob. 9.4 |
| 19 | Oct 29 | Approximate Methods | 12.1-12.4 | |
| Lab | Oct 30 | EXAM #2 Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 | |
| 20 | Nov 3 | Portal Method Mathcad & Excel Examples | 13.1-13.2 | 4.32 assuming crossed diagonals, as described in class. Assume (a) slender compression diagonals and (b) compression and tension diagonals have equal stiffness. |
| 21 | Nov 5 | Method of Consistent Displacements | 12.4, 4*, 13, 13* & compare computer vs. approximate results. | |
| Lab | Nov 6 | Method of Consistent Displacements | 13.4 | |
| 22 | Nov 10 | Method of Consistent Displacements | 13.14, 22, 36* | |
| 23 | Nov 12 | Slope Deflection | 16.1-16.3 | 13.51, 51*, 55, 56 |
| Lab | Nov 13 | Consistent Displacements & Slope Deflection | ||
| 24 | Nov 17 | Slope Deflection | 16.4-16.5 | 16.2, 9, 12 |
| 25 | Nov 19 | Stiffness Method - Linear Algebra - Notation | 18.1-2 | 16.18, 23, Ignore the support displacements in 16.23 |
| Lab | Nov 20 | EXAM #3 Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 | |
| Nov | 24-28 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
| 26 | Dec 1 | Direct Stiffness Method, Example | 18.3-18.4 | |
| 27 | Dec 3 | Truss Coordinate Transformation, Example (PDF) | 18.5 | Handout |
| Lab | Dec 4 | Member Stiffness& Mathcad Example (PDF) | ||
| 28 | Dec 8 | Non-nodal Loads, Non-nodal Example (PDF) | 18.6 | 18.3 |
| 29 | Dec 10 | Support Displacements | 18.4, 5, 6 | |
| Lab | Dec 11 | Support Displacement Example (PDF) | ||
| Dec 17 | FINAL EXAM - 10:00 A.M. Old Exam | Prob 1, Prob 2, Prob 3 |
The reading assignments should be completed before each lecture.
The homework problems are due on the dates shown.
*These problems are to be completed on the computer.