101-0113-00L Theory of Structures I
Semester | Autumn Semester 2018 |
Lecturers | B. Sudret |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | Introduction to structural mechanics, statically determinate beams and frame structures, trusses, stresses and deformations, statically indeterminate beams and frame structures (force method) |
Objective | - Understanding the response of elastic beam and frame structures - Ability to correctly apply the equilibrium conditions - Understanding the basics of continuum mechanics - Computation of stresses and deformations of elastic structures - Ability to apply the force (flexibility) method for statically indeterminate structures |
Content | - Equilibrium, reactions, static determinacy - Internal forces (normal and shear forces, moments) - Arches and cables - Elastic trusses - Basics of continuum mechanics - Stresses in elastic beams - Deformations in Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beams - Energy theorems - Statically indeterminate systems (Force method) - Influence lines |
Lecture notes | Bruno Sudret, "Baustatik I" (2017) The course material will be available on the web page: Link |
Literature | Peter Marti, "Theory of Structures", Wiley, 2013, 679 pp. |