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CE-802 Matrix Structural Analysis

Campus	MCE
Programs	PG
Session	Fall Semester 2016
Course Title	Matrix Structural Analysis
Course Code	CE-802
Credit Hours	3-0
Pre-Requisutes	BE (Civil, Architecture, Construction Engineering & Management
Course Objectives	Aims to provide students with knowledge of matrix operation for structural analysis and application strategies for structures.
Detail Content	Structural Modeling Concept Definition of structure Structural members Linearity of a system and principle of superposition Structural modeling Static and Kinematic Requirements for a Structural System Structural members Structural joints Degree of static indeterminacy Degree of kinematic indeterminacy Discrete Modeling of Structural Systems Virtual displacement principle Virtual force principle Discrete representation of internal work done Representation of internal work done by discrete members Matrix Force and Matrix Displacement Methods Matrix force method Matrix displacement method Analysis of structures due to temperature effects Direct Stiffness Method Kinematic in different coordinate systems Assembling process Modification for prescribed degrees of freedom Stiffness matrix of a beam in 2D space Introduction to Numerical Methods and Solution Techniques Appropriate to Discrete Structural Systems Linear transformation Eigen solutions Condition of a linear system Condensation and Sub structuring Techniques for Large-Scale Structural Systems Physical process of Gauss elimination Sub structuring techniques Three dimensional modeling of multistory building systems
Text/Ref Books	Alan Jennings, (1977): Matrix Computation for Engineers and Scientists, John Wiley and Sons. Harry H. West, (1989): Analysis of structures: an integration of classical and modern methods, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York. William McGuire and Richard H. Gallagher (1979): Matrix Structural Analysis, Wiley, New York.
Time Schedule	Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person	Lt Col Dr Shahdab Lodhi