Lectures: 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Lab Prep: One 50-minute lab prep meeting per week for 15 weeks
Labs: One 2-hour lab per week for 15 weeks
Specific course information
Catalog description: Loads; structural forms; analysis of axially loaded members, flexural members, torsional members; combined loading conditions; buckling. Basic behavioral characteristics of structural elements and systems illustrated by laboratory experiments.
Prerequisites:
CCE 29700 Basic Mechanics I (Statics) – Minimum Grade C-
PHYS 17200 Modern Mechanics – Minimum Grade D-
MA 26100 Multivariate Calculus – Minimum Grade C-
Course status: Required core course in Civil Engineering curriculum.
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
Analyze how different types of structural components carry loads i.e. members with axial loads, members that bend, members with torsion, and combinations.
Determine stresses and strains in these types of structural components.
Conduct experiments to evaluate the theoretically modeled behavior of these members
Relationship of course to program outcomes
Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
Outcome 6: An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret the data, and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions
Topics
Truss analysis
Method of joints (Beer et al.: Sec. 6.1)
Method of sections (Beer et al.: Sec. 6.2)
Cable systems
Cables with concentrated loads (Beer et al.: Sec. 7.4A)
Cables with distributed loads (Beer et al.: Sec. 7.4B)
Parabolic cables (Beer et al.: Sec. 7.4C)
Catenary (Beer et al.: Sec. 7.5)
Axial loads
Stresses (Hibbeler: Secs. 1.1-1.7)
Strains (Hibbeler: 2.1-2.2)
Stress-strain relations (Hibbeler 3.1-3.5)
Deformation (Hibbeler: Secs. 4.1-4.5)
Thermal stress (Hibbeler: Sec. 4.6)
Stress concentrations (Hibbeler: Sec. 4.7)
Bending
Shear and bending moment diagrams (Hibbeler: Sec. 6.1)
Load, shear, and bending moment relations (Hibbeler: Sec. 6.2)
Deformation and stresses (Hibbeler: Secs. 6.3-6.4)
Composite beams (Hibbeler: Secs. 6.6-6.7)
Transverse shear
Shear stresses (Hibbeler: Secs. 7.1-7.2)
Shear flow (Hibbeler: Secs. 7.3-7.4)
Deflections of beams and shafts
The elastic curve (Hibbeler: Secs. 12.1)
Slope and displacement (Hibbeler: Secs. 12.2,12.5)
