Course Name Structural Theory (Lecture)

Course Description A professional course common to all civil engineering students designed to
provide fundamental concepts, principles, and theories in the theory of
structures and structural analysis for internal actions in a structure and its
deformations under load.
Number of Units for 3 lecture units
Lecture and
Laboratory
Number of Contact 3 hours lecture
Hours per Week
Prerequisites Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
Co – requisites Structural Theory (Computation)
Program Outcome/s a-E,b-I,e-E,k-l
Addressed by the
course
Course At the end of the course, the students must be able to:
Outcomes 1. Identify and classify various types of planar and spatial; structural
systems and the manner by which these are supported for stability;
2. Determine the state of static and kinematic determinacy and stability
of structural systems, externally and internally;
3. Apply the methods of structural analysis for external and internal
actions on various types of structural systems due to static and
moving loads;
4. Develop intuition on deflected shapes of structures under loading.
Course Outline 1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction to Structural Engineering; the analysis and design

process; structural forms, nature of loads; building materials
1.2 Types of supports; support reactions, degrees of static and
kinematic indeterminacy for planar and spatial structures; degrees
of freedom of joint translation and rotation; conditions for
instability, stability, and redundancy of structures;
1.3 Concept of axial, shear, torsional, flexural rigidities and stiffness of
structural members
2. Analysis for external reactions and internal stress resultants of
statically determinate structures
2.1 Beams
2.2 Plane and space trusses
2.3 Cable and Arches
2.4 Plane Frames
2.5 Influence lines for reactions and internal stress resultants due to
moving loads
3. Classical methods of structural analysis for translations (deflections)
and rotations of statically determinate structures
3.1 Double-integration method for beams
3.2 Area-moment method for beams and plane frames
3.3 Conjugate beam method
3.4 Castigliano’s second theorem
3.5 Unit load/virtual work
3.6 Partial Derivative method
4. Classical methods of structural analysis for statically indeterminate
structures
4.1 Double-integration method for beams
4.2 Area-moment method
4.3 Conjugate beam method
4.4 Castigliano’s second theorem
4.5 Unit load method/virtual work method
4.6 Partial derivative method
4.7 Moment-distribution method
4.8 Three moment equation for beams
4.9 Method of consistent deformation/superposition
4.10 Slope-deflection method; matrix analysis
5. Appropriate methods of structural analysis for statically indeterminate
plane frames
5.1 Portal Method
5.2 Cantilever Method
5.3 Factor Method
 6. Influence lines for external reactions and internal stress resultants of
indeterminate structures

Laboratory None
Equipment
Reference Books 1. Hibbler, R.C., Structural Analysis, 9​th​ Ed., Prentice Hall
2. Rajan, S.D., Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design, John Wiley
& Sons, 2001
3. Utku, Senol, Norris C.H.and Wilbur, J.B., Elementary Structural
Analysis, 4​th​ Ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1991

Course Name Structural Theory (Computation)

Course Description A professional course common to all civil engineering students designed to
provide fundamental concepts, principles, and theories in the theory of
structures and structural analysis for internal actions in a structure and its
deformations under load.
Number of Units for 1-unit computation
Lecture and
Laboratory
Number of Contact 3 hours computation
Hours per Week
Prerequisites Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
Co – requisites Structural Theory (Lecture)
Program Outcome/s a-E,b-I,e-E,k-l
Addressed by the
course
Course At the end of the course, the students must be able to:
Outcomes ● Demonstrate by numerical calculations and other methods the
concepts, principles and theories obtained from the lecture portion of
the course.
Course Outline 1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction to Structural Engineering; the analysis and design

process; structural forms, nature of loads; building materials
1.2 Types of supports; support reactions, degrees of static and
kinematic indeterminacy for planar and spatial structures; degrees
of freedom of joint translation and rotation; conditions for
instability, stability, and redundancy of structures;
1.3 Concept of axial, shear, torsional, flexural rigidities and stiffness of
structural members
2. Analysis for external reactions and internal stress resultants of
statically determinate structures
2.1 Beams
2.2 Plane and space trusses
2.3 Cable and Arches
2.4 Plane Frames
2.5 Influence lines for reactions and internal stress resultants due to
moving loads
3. Classical methods of structural analysis for translations (deflections)
and rotations of statically determinate structures
3.1 Double-integration method for beams
3.2 Area-moment method for beams and plane frames
3.3 Conjugate beam method
3.4 Castigliano’s second theorem
3.5 Unit load/virtual work
3.6 Partial Derivative method
4. Classical methods of structural analysis for statically indeterminate
structures
4.1 Double-integration method for beams
4.2 Area-moment method
4.3 Conjugate beam method
4.4 Castigliano’s second theorem
4.5 Unit load method/virtual work method
4.6 Partial derivative method
4.7 Moment-distribution method
4.8 Three moment equation for beams
4.9 Method of consistent deformation/superposition
4.10 Slope-deflection method; matrix analysis
5. Appropriate methods of structural analysis for statically indeterminate
plane frames
5.1 Portal Method
5.2 Cantilever Method
5.3 Factor Method
 6. Influence lines for external reactions and internal stress resultants of
indeterminate structures

Laboratory None
Equipment
Reference Books 4. Hibbler, R.C., Structural Analysis, 9​th​ Ed., Prentice Hall
5. Rajan, S.D., Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design, John Wiley
& Sons, 2001
6. Utku, Senol, Norris C.H.and Wilbur, J.B., Elementary Structural
Analysis, 4​th​ Ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1991