Subject Code: CE6L302 Name: Advanced Structural Analysis L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4
Prerequisite: None
Basics of structural analysis: static & dynamic loading, linear & nonlinear structural behaviour, geometric & material nonlinearity, hysteretic behaviour; Classical linear analysis of frames and trusses: displacement method, slope deflection equations & matrix displacement method, effect of foundation settlement 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- D effect, buckling of frames, tension structures; Material nonlinear analysis of frames: basics of plasticity, distributed plasticity & lumped plasticity, incremental nonlinear analysis.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Thandavamoorthy, T.S., Structural Analysis, Oxford University Press
  2. Weaver, W. and Gere, J.M., Matrix Analysis of Framed Structures, CBS Publisher
  3. Wang, C.K., Intermediate Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill
  4. Kanchi, M.B., Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis, Wiley Eastern Limited
  5. Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Pearson