Advanced Structural Analysis
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Theoretical development and computer implementation of direct stiffness method of structural analysis; virtual work principles; computation of element stiffness matrices and load vectors; direct assembly procedures; equation solution techniques. Analysis of two- and three-dimensional truss and frame structures, thermal loads, and substructuring and condensation techniques for large systems. Practical modeling techniques and programming assignments. Introduction to nonlinear analysis concepts. Prerequisites: elementary structural analysis and matrix algebra.
CEE 280
Units: 3–4
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Grading Basis
Letter (ABCD/NP)
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None