| CODE | BCE4012 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Engineering Analysis 1 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Civil and Structural Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | 1. Plastic Analysis of Structures a. Plastic Collapse of Frames b. Plastic Moment Distribution 2. Matrix Methods of Analysis 3. Theory of Elasticity a. Equations of Equilibrium and Compatibility b. Plane Stress and Plane Strain - Airy Stress Function c. St.Venant Torsion d. Yield and Failure Theories 4. Elastic Stability a. Lateral Instability of Thin Beams b. Torsional Buckling 5. Plate Theory a. Plates and Beams on Elastic Foundations b. Introduction to Shell Theory Reading List : - Neal, B.G., The Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis, 3rd ed., Chapman and Hall, New York, 1977 (ISBN No.: 0 412 15400 5). - Horne, M.R., Plastic Theory of Structures, 2nd ed., Pergamon, Oxford, 1979 (ISBN No.: 0 080 22738 4). - Ghali, A. & Neville, A.M., Structural Analysis - A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach, 2nd ed., Chapman and Hall, London 1978 (ISBN No.: 0 412 14990 7). - Bray, K.H.M., Croxton, P.C.L. & Martin, L.H., Matrix Analysis of Structures, Edward Arnold, Bath, 1976 (ISBN No.: 0 713 13373 2). - Livesley, R.K., Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis, 2nd ed., Pergamon, Oxford 1975 (ISBN No.: 0 080 18888 5). - Timoshenko, S.P., & Goodier, J.N., Theory of Elasticity, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970 (ISBN No.: 0 070 85805 5). - Timoshenko, S.P., & Gere, J.M., Theory of Elastic Stability, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963 (ISBN No.: 0 07Y 85821 7). - Brush, D.O. & Almroth, B.O., Buckling of Bars, Plates and Shells, McGraw-Hill, New York 1975 (ISBN No.: 0 708 5028 3). - Donnell, L.H., Beams, Plates and Shells, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976 (ISBN No.: 0 070 17593 4). - Timoshenko, S.P. & Woinowsky-Kreiger, S., Theory of Plates and Shells, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970 (ISBN No.: 0 07Y 85820 9). |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE BCE3003 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Marc Bonello |
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