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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Structural Mechanics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 228-0221/01
Abbreviation STM
Course title Structural Mechanics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Structural Mechanics
Course coordinator Ing. Ivan Kološ, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Deformation of beam structures - Unit Force Method
2. - 4. Statically indeterminate structures - beam and freames. Force Method. Force loading, thermal loading, deformational loading.
5. Continuous beam, Three moments Equation (Clapeyron's Theorem)
6. Statically indeterminate arch. Statically indeterminate truss. Deformation o statically indeterminate structures.
7.-9. Simplified Direct-stiffness Method. Continuous beams, plane frames. Force loading.
10.-12. General Direct-stiffness Method. Basic principle. Beam analysis. Local and global coordinate system. Local and Global stiffness matrix. Structural system analysis. Solution of system of equations. Nodal forces on beam. Analysis of Internal forces. Reactions, deformations.
13. Plane frame solved by direct-stiffness method. Practical example.
14. Static analysis of structures - computer methods.

Literature

J.L. Meriam, L.G.Kraige : Engineering mechanics-statics, Wiley and Sons, USA, 2003 Timoshenko S.,Young D.H.: Engineering mechanics-statics, Mc Graw-Hill, New York R.C. Hibbeler: Statics and mechanics of materials, Macmillan Publishing Company, USA, 1992

Advised literature

J.L. Meriam, L.G.Kraige : Engineering mechanics-statics, Wiley and Sons, USA, 2003 Timoshenko S.,Young D.H.: Engineering mechanics-statics, Mc Graw-Hill, New York R.C. Hibbeler: Statics and mechanics of materials, Macmillan Publishing Company, USA, 1992