
Explore structural analysis and how loads produce reactions, displacements, and design decisions for steel and RCC structures, while distinguishing pin, rigid, and fixed joints with various supports.
Learn about hybrid structures and static indeterminacy, and how hinges release forces (axial, shear, and moment) across joints, gusset plates, and links with practical examples.
Use the method of section on a pin-jointed plain frame truss to cut sections, release a member force, and apply vertical, horizontal, and moment equilibrium.
Apply the method of section to a truss, eliminate zero force members, compute vertical and horizontal reactions, and determine the force in the target member.
Explore rolling loads and influence lines on statically determinate structures, learning how moving unit loads shape reaction, shear, bending moment, and axial force through influence line diagrams.
Compute the center of gravity of the four rolling loads w1, w2, w3, w4 to locate the resultant and determine the absolute maximum bending moment for a non-specified section.
Explore case three and case four of rolling load systems, showing how equal, equidistant loads set the resultant and govern bending moments.
This course has been designed for undergraduate (civil) engineering students or those with an interest in developing a deeper understanding of introductory structural analysis concepts and methods. The lectures cover the essential concepts and methods of structural analysis and provide examples demonstrating their applications. Get to grips with civil engineering structural analysis once and for all. The main topics discussed include:
What you'll learn
Introduction
Degree of static indeterminacy
Analysis of determinate trusses
Rolling loads and influence lines
Energy principles
Kinematic indeterminacy / Degree of freedom
Basic Methods of Structural Analysis
Moment distribution method
Slope deflection method
Matrix Method
Arches and cables
Plastic theory
Our aim is to help our students learn fundamental structural analysis concepts, be able to analyze basic beam, truss, and frame structures, and have their questions answered in the context of the presented content. Please feel free to send us your technical questions as you go through the material. We are here to help.I have tried my best to relate the theories to the practical world. I have explained where the concepts explained in the videos will be helpful to you in your professional life. I hope you like this course.
Who this course is for:
Undergraduate engineering and architectural students who need to learn structural analysis for the curriculum in their college
People who have an interest in learning how structural analysis actually works
Engineering designers who need to understand how structural analysis actually takes place
People have an interest in this subject.
Students who need to learn structural analysis of trusses, beams, and frames
Students who need to learn how to draw shear force and bending moment diagrams of beams and frames