Course detail

Structural Analysis I

FAST-BD03Acad. year: 2011/2012

The division of the structures. Planar bar systems.
The principle of the virtual work. The laws of virtual works correspondence. Mohr’s integral. The calculation of the translations and rotations of the bar systems by means of the unit forces method. Vereschagin’s rule.
Statically indeterminate structures. The degree of static indeterminacy. Methods of solution. The force method. Simple built-in beam. Continuous beam solved by the Clapeyron’s theorem. Plane frame solved by the force method, the selection of the static indeterminate unknowns, canonical equations. Utilization of the shape symmetry, the influence of the shifts of supports, the effects of the uniform and non-uniform temperature changes of the frame. Plane arc solved by the force method, the influence of the compression of the thrust line of the arc, deformation load.
Statically indeterminate truss girder solved by the force method..

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will learn the structural analysis of statically indeterminate bar structures by the force method, namely plane frames, planar bar systems, continuous girder, statically indeterminate trusses, including the effect of support relaxation and the temperature influence.

Prerequisites

Linear algebra, fundaments of matrix calculus, solutions of systems of linear algebraic equations, vector calculus, analytic geometry, derivative of a function , the Indefinite integral, the definite integral, applications of the integral in geometry and physics.
Kinematics of a point mass, dynamics of a point mass, dynamics of a rigid body.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1.Introduction to the static of structures. The division of the structures, fundamental assumptions of the analysis. Planar bar systems.
2.The virtual work of the internal and external forces, the Lagrange’s principle of the virtual work. The laws of virtual works correspondence.
3.Mohr’s integral. Simplifications of the calculation. The enumeration of the translations and rotations of the straight and broken girders by the method of unit forces. Vereschagin’s rule.
4.The evaluation of the translations of the truss girders by means of the unit forces method.
5.Methods of analysis of the static indeterminate structures. The evaluation of the degree of static indeterminacy. The force method. Simple built-in beam.
6.Continuous girder with solid cross-section, general formulation for Clapeyron’s theorem – force and deflection loading.
7.A bar with the haunches. Utilisation of the shape symmetry of the beam, decomposition of the arbitrary load, alternate supports.
8.The plane frame analysed by the force method. The selection of the statically indeterminate unknowns, canonical equations.
9.Utilisation of the shape symmetry of the frame. The influence of shifts of the supports.
10.The influence of the uniform and non-uniform temperature changes.
11.Plane frames solved by the force method.
12.The influence of the compression of the thrust line of the arc, the change of the temperature and the influence of shifting supports.
13.Statically indeterminate truss analysed by the force method

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Explanation the principle of virtual work and theorem of reciprocity of virtual work. The calculation of deformations by the method of unit forces.
Information about the force method of structural analysis of statically indeterminate plane frames, planar bar systems, continuous girder, including the effect of support relaxation and the temperature influence.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bedford, Fowler: Statics engineering mechanics. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995. (EN)
Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.: Mechanics of Materials. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. (EN)
Kadlčák, J. - Kytýr, J.: Statika stavebních konstrukcí I. VUTIUM Brno, 2010. ISBN 80-214-1204-6. (CS)
KADLČÁK, Jaroslav a KYTÝR, Jiří: Statika stavebních konstrukcí II. Brno: VUTIUM, 2009. ISBN 978-80-214-3428-8. (CS)

Recommended reading

Harvančík, J. - Pekarovič, J.: Stavebná mechanika I. ALFA Bratislava, 1981. (SK)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer