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CE-801 Advanced Structural Mechanics
Campus
MCE
Programs
PG
Session
Spring Semester 2017
Course Title
Advanced Structural Mechanics
Course Code
CE-801
Credit Hours
3-0
Pre-Requisutes
BE (Civil, Architecture, Construction Engineering & Management
Course Objectives
Aims to provide students with advanced knowledge and tools for analysis of structures and application strategies for.
Detail Content
Indicial Notation and Cartesian Tensors
Matrix notation
Cartesian coordinate system
Indicial notation
Change of coordinate System
Cartesian tensors
Motion of a Continuous Body (Kinematics)
Lagrangian and Eulerian decommentions
Introduction to the strain tensor
The small-strain tensor
Physical meaning of the strain tensor
Change of coordinate system
Principal strains and principal directions
Stress Tensors
Introduction to the stress tensors
Change of coordinate system
Principal stresses and principal directions
Equations of motion – Principle of virtual work
Introduction to the Stress – Strain Relationship
Generalization of Hooke’s law to 3D
Elastic symmetry & isotropic and anisotropic linear elasticity
Incompressibility
Plane strain and plane stress
The compatibility equation and boundary conditions in 2D and 3D
Solution of Problems in 2D Elasticity
Governing equations
Saint Venant’s principle (end effects)
Elastic solutions by polynomial stress functions
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
Introduction to mechanisms of fracture and crack growth
The elastic crack-tip stress field
Energy release rate
The J-integral
One Dimensional Rate-Independent Plasticity and Viscoplasticity
Frictional and rheological models
Isotropic and kinematic strain hardening Integration algorithms
Text/Ref Books
a. Y. C. Fung and Pin Tong, (2001):
(1) Classical and Computational Solid Mechanics, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore
(2) George E. Mase (1970)
Schaum’s Outlines: Continuum Mechanics, Mc-Graw-Hill, New York.
(3) Pisidhi Karsudhi (1990):
Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Kluwer Academic Publishers
(4) T. J. Lardner and R. R. Archer (1994)
Mechanics of Solids: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Singapore
Time Schedule
Spring 2015
Faculty/Resource Person
Maj Dr Muhammad Rizwan PhD in Structural Engineering