Structural Analysis

Static and kinematic indeterminacy of beams, trusses and frames

Method of joints, method of sections, tension coefficient method

Horizontal thrust, bending moment, parabolic and circular arches

Cables under UDL and concentrated loads, suspension bridge analysis

ILD for beams, Muller-Breslau principle, influence lines for trusses

Virtual work, unit load method, strain energy methods

Analysis of continuous beams and frames, sway and non-sway cases

Distribution and carry-over factors, continuous beams and frames

Stiffness matrix, global stiffness, solution technique

Impact factor, Courbon's theory, load distribution in bridges

Portal method, cantilever method for lateral load analysis