Advanced Structural Analysis
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Structural Analysis (subject code BE05006051) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 41 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 (BE05006051)Unit 1 Unit-1
- Stiffness Method (Member Approach) Types of skeletal structures
- Internal forces and deformations
- Principle of Virtual work Introduction and application of stiffness member approach to analyze Beams
- Plane Trusses
- Plane Frames
- Plane Grids
- Special topics: Various secondary effects like deformation of support
- prestrain & temperature
- Symmetry and Anti- symmetry
Unit 2 Unit-2
- Finite Element Method Theory of Stresses: State of stress and strain at a point in two and three dimensions
- stress and strain invariants
- Hooke’s law, Basic steps of FEM, Principles of discretization
- Derivation of global equilibrium equation using Principle of minimum potential energy approach
- Derivation of Shape functions
- Strain displacement matrix and element stiffness matrix using Cartesian Coordinate System for the spring and bar elements
- Application of FEM to One-dimensional (Spring and bar) problems
Unit 3 Unit-3
- Plastic Method Introduction
- Idealized Stress Strain Curve
- Plastic Moment of Resistance
- Plastic Modulus and Shape 10 Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: BE05006051 Subject Name: Advanced Structural Analysis w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page no. 4 of 4 Factor
- Concept of Plastic Hinge
- Collapse load
- load factor
- Static Method (Equilibrium Method)
- Kinematic Method (Mechanism Method)
- Analysis of Simply Supported
- Propped Cantilever
- Fixed and Continuous Beam
Unit 4 Unit-4
- Analysis of Domes Uses of domes
- types of domes
- nature of stresses in conical and spherical domes
- analysis of conical and spherical domes subjected to uniformly distributed load
- concentrated load at crown
- analysis of domes with opening
Unit 5 Unit-5
- Computer Applications in Structural Engg
- (for Laboratory only ) Use of professional software such as STAAD-Pro, SAP, ETABS etc. for determining response of frames structure of the topics related to this course Create Modelling
- Apply properties
- boundary conditions
- perform analysis
- post processing tools
- This portion to be covered in Laborator y Theory Weightage shall be 0%
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