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Courses » Structural Analysis - I

Structural Analysis - I

ABOUT THE COURSE

This is an elementary course on Structural Analysis. Various methods and their underlying mechanics in determining response of structures when subjected to external agitation will be discussed in this course. This course is comprehensive at the basic level. Journey through this course will help students to build the foundation for more advanced courses related to structural engineering.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
  • Civil Engineering
  • Architecture

PRE-REQUISITES 
  • Solid Mechanics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT – LIST OF COMPANIES/INDUSTRY THAT WILL RECOGNIZE/VALUE THIS ONLINE COURSE
  • All civil engineering companies

5519 students have enrolled already!!

COURSE INSTRUCTOR 


Prof. Amit Shaw is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from IIEST Shibur (formerly Bengal Engineering College Shibpur) in 2000, MTech in Structures from IIT Roorkee in 2003 and PhD in Computational Mechanics from IISc Bangalore in 2007. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, Professor Shaw spent two years as Research Fellow in University of Aberdeen, UK.  He also worked for some time in industries like Gammon India Limited and L&T ECC.
Professor Shaw’s research area is in the field of Computational Mechanics and Impact Dynamics.
COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Equilibrium, Stability and Determinacy of structures
Review of shear force and bending moment diagram in beams and frames

Week 2: Analysis of statically determinate structures 1
Plane truss: method of joints and method of sections

Week 3: Analysis of statically determinate structures 2
Deflection of truss: Method of virtual work

Week 4: Analysis of statically determinate structures 3
Deflection of beams and frames 1: Moment area method,
conjugate beam method and virtual work method

Week 5: Analysis of statically determinate structures 4
Deflection of beams and frames 2: Moment area method,
conjugate beam method and virtual work method

Week 6: 
Analysis of statically determinate structures 5
Influence line diagram and moving loads

Week 7: 
Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 1
Introduction to force and stiffness method

Week 8: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 2
Plane truss using method of consistent deformations

Week 9: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 3
Beams and Frames: Method of consistent deformations

Week 10: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 4
Beams and Frames: Moment distribution method

Week 11: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 5
Beams and Frames: Slope deflection method

Week 12: Introduction to direct stiffness method

SUGGESTED READING

1. Devdas Menon, Structural Analysis, Narosa Publishing House, 2008. (ISBN: 9781842653371)

2. Hibbeler, R. C. (2002). Structural Analysis, 6/e, Pearson Education

3. Norris, C.H., Wilbur, J.B., and Utku, S., Elementary Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill

4. Wang, C.K., Intermediate Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill, 1983


CERTIFICATION EXAM 

  • The exam is optional for a fee. Exams will be on 22 October 2017.
  • Time: Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
  • Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

CERTIFICATE

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score.
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of  Best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT KHARAGPUR. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc