101-0113-00L Theory of Structures I
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2019 |
| Lecturers | B. Sudret |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Comment | Only for Civil Engineering BSc. |
| 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 - Influence lines - Basics of continuum mechanics - Stresses in elastic beams - Deformations in Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beams - Energy theorems - Statically indeterminate systems (Force method) |
| Lecture notes | Bruno Sudret, "Einführung in die Baustatik" (2018) Additional course material will be available on the web page: https://sudret.ibk.ethz.ch/education/baustatik.html |
| Literature | Peter Marti, "Theory of Structures", Wiley, 2013, 679 pp. |