Structural Analysis-I
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Structural Analysis-I Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Structural Analysis-I (subject code 2140603) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2140603)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Statically Determinate Structures
- Types of statically determinate & indeterminate structures
- static and kinematic indeterminacy
- stability of structures
- principle of superposition
- Maxwell’s reciprocal theorems
- Computation of internal forces in statically determinate structures such as plane truss
- plane frame
Unit 2 Displacement of Determinate Beams and Plane Truss
- Differential equation of elastic curve
- relation between moment
- slope and deflection
- Macaulay’s method
- Moment Area Method
- Conjugate Beam Method applied to beams
- Joint displacement of determinate plane truss using unit load method
Unit 3 Direct and Bending stresses
- Members subjected to eccentric loads
- middle third rule
- kernel of section
- chimney subjected to wind pressure
- retaining walls
- dams subjected to hydraulic pressure
Unit 4 Columns and Struts
- Buckling of columns
- different end conditions
- effective length
- least radius of gyration
- Euler's and Rankine's formulae
- columns with initial curvature
- eccentrically loaded columns
- columns with lateral loading
Unit 5 Arches, Cables and Suspension Bridges
- Calculation internal forces in three hinge arches with circular and parabolic shapes subjected to various types of loading
- Forces and end actions in cables due to various types of loading
- Unstiffened three hinged parabolic and cantenory type suspension bridge
Unit 6 Thin cylinder
- Analysis of thin cylinder and spherical vessels under pressure
Unit 7 Fixed Beams & Consistent Deformation Method
- Computation of fixed-end actions for various types of loads and secondary Effects using basic principles
- beams of varying moment of inertia
- Analysis of propped cantilever beams & beams of varying moment of inertia using Consistent Deformation Method
Unit 8 Strain Energy
- strain energy due to axial loads & flexure
- proof resilience
- modulus of resilience
- impact loads, and sudden loads
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