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Matrix Method of Structural Analysis

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This is a second level course on structural analysis. Herein the concept of matrix method of structural analysis with application in various structural components will be discussed. This course will serve as a bridge between structural analysis 1 (the first course on structural analysis) and more advance topic such as finite element method (FEM).

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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee



INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering,Naval Architecture, Applied Mechanics

CORE/ELECTIVE: Core Course

UG/PG: UG Course

PREREQUISITES: Solid Mechanics, Structural Analysis 1

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Any Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace company

3168 students have enrolled already!!

ABOUT THE 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.



Prof. Biswanath Banerjee is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2000, MTech in Structures from IIT Kharagpur in 2004 and PhD in Computational Mechanics from IISc Bangalore in 2009. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, Professor Banerjee spent two years as Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Cornell University, USA. He has also spent for some time in industries like Gammon India Limited, TRF Limited (A Tata enterprise) and Research labs in SERC Chennai (A CSIR Unit) as a Scientist.

Professor Banerjee’s research area is in the field of Computational Mechanics and Reverse Engineering Problems. 


COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1  :  Introduction Structures, loads and response; determinate and indeterminate structures; stiffness
                  and flexibility
Week 2  :  Review of analysis of Indeterminate structures 
                  Force and displacement methods
Week 3  :  Mathematical preliminaries 
                  Review of concept of matrix algebra; stiffness and flexibility matrices
Week 4  :  Analysis of Trusses
Week 5  :  
Analysis of Beams
Week 6  :  Analysis of plane frames
Week 7  :  Implementation issues
Week 8  :  Beyond matrix method: Introduction to finite element method

SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:

1.Devdas Menon,""Advanced Structural Analysis"", Narosa Publishing House, 2009.
2.Asslam Kassimali,""Matrix Analysis of Structures"", Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., USA, 1999.
3.Amin Ghali, Adam M Neville and Tom G Brown,""Structural Analysis:A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach"",Sixth Edition, 2007, Chapman & Hall.
CERTIFiCATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date and Time of Exam: October 28, 2018 (Sunday): 
  • Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm.
  • Exam for this Course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • 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 6 out of 8 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 http://nptel.ac.in/noc/