Course: Matrix Structural Analysis

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Course title Matrix Structural Analysis
Course code KDS/XEMAS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Yurdakul Özgür, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction, review of static knowledge 2. Stiffness methods in structural analysis 3. Concept of stiffness method 4. Structural idealization, support types, connections and load 5. Node, degree of freedom and coordinates 6. Member stiffness equations and coordinate transformation 7. Force on member, thermal load, structures with initial strain 8. Stiffness analysis of beam members 9. Stiffness analysis of frame members 10. Special topics: End releases and shear deformation 11. Special topics: Rigid end zone 12. Special topics: Geometrical nonlinearity

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Practical training - 36 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 18 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course is conceived to provide the students with a clear application of the matrix structural analysis. The presentation of a brief but sufficiently detailed theory of the stiffness method is integrated with a detailed step-by-step solution of the provided examples. A proper emphasis is placed on both theory and examples to make advanced subject matter simply accessible to students. In this course, prior knowledge of the basic structural analysis is assumed. Then, the advanced structural analysis method suitable for computer - aided analysis is incorporated.
Student is able to analyze a strcutural system with matrix methods.
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge in structural mechanics

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Required attendance in seminars (full-time study only) Elaboration and submission of all tasks assigned Passing the exam
Recommended literature
  • Azar J.J. Matrix Structural Analysis. New York: Pergamon Press, 1972..
  • Evangelos, S., & Manolis, P. (2018). Matrix Methods for Advanced Structural Analysis. Butterworth-Heinemann..
  • Felton, L. P., & Nelson, R. B. (1997). Matrix structural analysis. New York: J. Wiley..
  • Kanchi M.B. Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis. New York: J. Wiley, 1993..
  • Karnovskii, I. A., and Olga I. Lebed. 2021. Advanced methods of structural analysis: strength, stability, vibration. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44394-8..
  • O'Hara, S. E., & Ramming, C. H. (2015). Numerical structural analysis..


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