IIT Kanpur Syllabus

 Structural Analysis

CE 272: Structural Analysis

Course content:

Stability and Determinacy of Structures Review of shear force and bending moment diagrams in beams and frames, Plane trusses: method of joints and method of section, Deflection of trusses: method of virtual work, Deflection of beams and frames: moment-area method, conjugate beam method, method of virtual work, Influence line diagrams and moving loads, Force and stiffness methods of analysis, Plane trusses by using method of consistent deformations, Beams and frames: method of consistent deformations, slope-deflection equation, moment distribution method, Plane trusses and beams by using direct stiffness method

Suggested text and reference material: 

Norris, C.H., Wilbur, J.B., and Utku, S., Elementary Structural Analysis, TMH

Hibbeler, R. C. (2002). Structural Analysis, 6/e, Pearson Education

Hsieh, Y., Elementary Theory of Structures, Prentice-Hall

Sack, R.L. (1989) Matrix Structural Analysis, Waveland Press, Inc.

Wang, C.K., Intermediate Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill

Wang, C.K., Statically Indeterminate Structures, McGraw-Hill

West, H.H., Analysis of Structures, John Wiley