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Structural Analysis - I: Course Outline

This document provides information about an online course on structural analysis taught by Prof. Amit Shaw from IIT Kharagpur. The 12-week course covers various methods for analyzing statically determinate and indeterminate structures when subjected to external forces. Topics include analyzing trusses, beams, and frames using methods like joints and sections, virtual work, moment area, and stiffness. The course is intended for civil engineering and architecture students and helps build foundational knowledge for advanced structural courses. Prof. Shaw's research focuses on computational mechanics and impact dynamics.

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Structural Analysis - I: Course Outline

This document provides information about an online course on structural analysis taught by Prof. Amit Shaw from IIT Kharagpur. The 12-week course covers various methods for analyzing statically determinate and indeterminate structures when subjected to external forces. Topics include analyzing trusses, beams, and frames using methods like joints and sections, virtual work, moment area, and stiffness. The course is intended for civil engineering and architecture students and helps build foundational knowledge for advanced structural courses. Prof. Shaw's research focuses on computational mechanics and impact dynamics.

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - I

PROF. AMIT SHAW TYPE OF COURSE : Rerun | Core | UG


Department of Civil Engineering COURSE DURATION : 12 weeks (20 Jul’20 - 09 Oct’20)
IIT Kharagpur EXAM DATE : 18 Oct 2020

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Civil Engineering, Architecture


PRE-REQUISITES : Solid Mechanics
INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : All civil engineering companies

COURSE OUTLINE :
This is an elementary course on Structural Analysis. Various methods and their underlying mechanics in determining
response of structures when subjected to external agitation will be discussed in this course. This course is
comprehensive at the basic level. Journey through this course will help students to build the foundation for more
advanced courses related to structural engineering.

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR :
Prof. Amit Shaw is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He
obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from IIEST Shibur (formerly Bengal Engineering College Shibpur)
in 2000, MTech in Structures from IIT Roorkee in 2003 and PhD in Computational Mechanics from IISc Bangalore in
2007. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, Professor Shaw spent two years as Research Fellow in University of Aberdeen, UK.
He also worked for some time in industries like Gammon India Limited and L&T ECC. Professor Shaw’s research area
is in the field of Computational Mechanics and Impact Dynamics.

COURSE PLAN :

Week 1: Equilibrium, Stability and Determinacy of structures; Review of shear force and bending moment diagram
in beams and frames
Week 2: Analysis of statically determinate structures 1; Plane truss: method of joints and method of sections
Week 3: Analysis of statically determinate structures 2; Deflection of truss: Method of virtual work
Week 4: Analysis of statically determinate structures 3; Deflection of beams and frames 1: Moment area method,
conjugate beam method and virtual work method
Week 5: Analysis of statically determinate structures 4; Deflection of beams and frames 2: Moment area method,
conjugate beam method and virtual work method
Week 6: Analysis of statically determinate structures 5; Influence line diagram and moving loads
Week 7: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 1; Introduction to force and stiffness method
Week 8: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 2; Plane truss using method of consistent deformations
Week 9: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 3; Beams and Frames: Method of consistent deformations
Week 10: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 4; Beams and Frames: Moment distribution method
Week 11: Analysis of statically indeterminate structures 5; Beams and Frames: Slope deflection method
Week 12: Introduction to direct stiffness method

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