Computer simulation of structural behaviour is the motivation behind a good part of the material posted on this website. However, before getting to such simulations it is necessary to understand the mechanics that governs the problem. The top portion of this page covers the boundary value problems that I address in CIVL 435. I address the subsequent material, analysis of trusses and frames and dynamics, in CIVL 332. The elasticity and plasticity theory at the bottom of the page is material for both CIVL 435 and CIVL 509.
- MEMBERS AND CROSS-SECTIONS
- Notes
- Truss Members
- Euler-Bernoulli Beams
- Timoshenko Beams
- Beams with Axial Force
- Beams on Elastic Foundation
- St Venant Torsion
- Warping Torsion
- Lateral Torsional Buckling
- Kirchhoff and Mindlin Plates
- Catenary Cables
- Beam examples
- Fixed-roller Beam with Point Load
- Beam with Prescribed End Displacements
- Beam on Elastic Foundation
- Cantilever in Torsion
- Plate examples
- Naviers Plate Solution for Uniform Load
- Naviers Plate Solution for Point Load
- Levys Plate Solution for Uniform Load
- Plate with Edge Moments
- Cross-section examples
- I Cross-section
- Channel Cross-section
- Closed Rectangular Cross-section
- Closed Cross-section with Flanges
- Two-cell Cross-section
- Python
- Plot Beam Diagrams (Screenshot)
- TRUSSES AND FRAMES
- Notes
- Degree of Static Indeterminacy
- Overview of Methods
- Analysis of Determinate Structures
- Moment-Area Method
- Conjugate Beam Method
- Unit Virtual Load Method
- Flexibility Method
- Slope Deflection Method
- Moment Distribution Method
- Stiffness Method
- Influence Lines
- Approximate Methods
- Energy Methods
- Examples
- Determinate Portal Frame
- Collection of Statically Determinate Structures
- T Frame
- Beam with Pretensioned Undertruss
- Three-member Buttress Frame
- Deflection and Buckling of Simply Supported Deep Beam
- Curved Beam
- Buckling of Arch
- DYNAMICS
- Notes
- Vibration of Single Mass
- Vibration of Distributed Mass
- Energy Methods in Dynamics
- Examples
- Mass Subject to Ground Motion
- Python
- trapezoidalRecordIntegration()
- sdofNewmark()
- SDOF Dynamic Analysis (Screenshot)
- Ground Motion Files
- GroundAccelerationX.txt
- GroundAccelerationY.txt
- GroundAccelerationZ.txt
- THEORY OF ELASTICITY
- Notes
- 2D Elasticity Theory
- 3D Elasticity Theory
- Stress Transformations, Principal Stress, and Mohr’s Circle
- Examples
- Generic 2D Stress Distributions
- 2D Cantilevered Beam
- THEORY OF PLASTICITY
- Notes
- Stress-based Failure Criteria
- Uniaxial Plasticity
- Multiaxial Plasticity