Structural Analysis

ANALYSIS OF PLANE TRUSSES AND FRAMES

• Idealization of Structures and Loads
• Assumptions, Theories, and Methods
• Stability and Degrees of Indeterminacy
• Basic Truss and Beam Equations
• Statics
• Unit Virtual Load Method
• Flexibility Method
• Elastic and Conjugate Beam Methods
• Moment-Area Method
• Slope-Deflection Method
• Moment Distribution Method
• Classical Stiffness Method
• Influence Lines
• Approximate Methods
• Elasto-plastic Analysis
• Matrix Structural Analysis
• Auxiliary Formulas and Tables
• Materials_and_Sections.txt

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

• Truss Members
• Euler-Bernoulli Beams
• Beams with Axial Force
• Timoshenko Beams
• St. Venant Torsion
• Warping Torsion
• Lateral Torsional Buckling
• Plane Members
• Kirchhoff Plates
• Beams on Elastic Foundation

ENERGY METHODS

• Virtual Work and Variational Principles
• Calculus of Variations
• Work and Energy Expressions

FINITE ELEMENTS

• Finite Element Fundamentals
• Truss Elements
• Frame Elements
• Plane Elements
• Plate Elements
• Shell Elements
• Mesh Generation

ADVANCED ANALYSIS

• Dynamic Analysis
• Material Nonlinear Analysis
• Geometrical Nonlinear Analysis
• Response Sensitivity Analysis