CE 461 - Structural Engineering II
Catalog Description
Analysis of structural elements including loads, shears and moments, influence lines, composite beams, column buckling, deflections of beams, frames, and trusses, vertical and lateral load-resisting systems, analysis of indeterminate structures by moment distribution, stiffness, and approximate methods.3 credit hours (lecture)
Prerequisites
- CE 262
Schedule
| Fall, 2009 | : | QZ |
| Fall, 2010 | : | QZ |
| Fall, 2011 | : | X |
Textbooks and Resources
Course Objective
Enable juniors to solve for stresses in beams, use Mohr's circle, apply classical methods to solve for beam and tress deflections and to solve indeterminate structures; and to use moment distribution.Topics
Stresses in Beams
Flexure
Shear
Plane Stress
Equations
Mohr’s circle
Hooke’s Law
Deflections
Moment Area
Conjugate Beam
Virtual Work
Influence Lines
Muellar-Breslau
Indeterminate Structures
Force Method
Moment Distribution
Professional Component
This course addresses the following EC 2000 professional component requirements
- An aility to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to solution of civil engineering problems
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
Relationship to Program Objectives
This course gives the information required for subsequent geotechnical and structural analysis and design courses during the junior and senior courses.Last update: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:14 pm by acostar