Basics of structural analysis: static &    dynamic loading, linear & nonlinearstructural behaviour, geometric &    material nonlinearity, hysteretic behaviour;Classical linear analysis of    frames and trusses: displacement method, slopedeflection equations &    matrix displacement method, effect of foundationsettlement and temperature;    Geometric nonlinear analysis of frames and trusses: displacement method,    nonlinear slope-deflection equations & nonlinear behaviour,linearized    iterative matrix displacement method, geometric stiffness matrix,tangent    stiffness matrix, P- Ä effect, buckling of frames, tension    structures;Material nonlinear analysis of frames: basics of plasticity,    distributed plasticity& lumped plasticity, incremental nonlinear    analysis.
         
         
        Text/Reference Books:        
        
        - Thandavamoorthy T. S. Structural Analysis, Oxford University    Press.
 
        - Wang C. K. Intermediate Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill.
 
        - Hibbeler R. C. Structural Analysis, Pearson. 
 
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