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CT1000S Structural Mechanics 2024/2025
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Learning objectives, activities and assessment 💡
Course schedule 📅
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Activities
Week 1 (September 2nd)
Lesson Monday September 2nd
Lesson Wednesday September 4th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 6th
Lesson Friday September 6th
Frequently made mistakes
Week 2 (September 9th)
Lesson Monday September 9th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 11th
Model
Elements
Coordinate system
Loads
Section forces
Supports
Hinges
Free body diagrams
Structures
Resolution of forces
Solve equilibrium
… of a planar particle
… of a 3D-particle
… of a body
… of a 3D-body
Solve support reactions for statically determinate structures
… using equilibrium
Solve section forces truss structure
… with zero-force members
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Solve section forces frame structures
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Lesson Wednesday September 11th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 13th
Differential equations for equilibrium relations
… for extension
… for bending
… for cables
Solve section forces frame structures
… using differential equations
Solve section forces and shape cable
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
… using differential equations
Lesson Friday September 13th
Week 3 (September 16th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday September 16th
Model
Normal stress-strain relations
Fibre model
Strain diagram
… for extension
… for bending
Kinematic relations
… for extension
… for bending
Constitutive relations
… for extension
… for bending
Solve displacements truss structures
… using differential equations
Solve displacements frame structures
… using differential equations
Lesson Monday September 16th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 18th
SymPy in general
SymPy for solving Euler-Bernoulli
Lesson Wednesday September 18th
Lesson Friday September 20th
Week 4 (September 23th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday September 23th
Model
Small rotations bar element
Static indeterminancy
Solve displacements truss structures
… using constitutive equation
Lesson Monday September 23th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 25th
Solve displacements truss structures
… using Williot
Lesson Wednesday September 23th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 27th
Apply force method
… for truss structures
Lesson Friday September 27th
Week 5 (September 30th)
Lesson Monday September 30th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 2nd
Solve section forces frame structures
Diagrams
Lesson October 2nd
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 4th.
Solve displacements frame structures
… using forget-me-nots
Lesson Friday October 4th
Week 6 (October 7th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday October 7th
Apply force method
… for frame structures
Lesson October 7th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 9th
Model
Displacement of rigid bodies in a mechanism
Virtual work
Solve structures using virtual work
Lesson October 9th
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 11th
Apply force method
… for frame structures with movable nodes
Lesson October 11th
Week 7 (October 14th)
Lesson October 14th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 16th
Apply displacement method
Lesson October 16th
Lesson October 18th
Week 8 (October 21th)
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 23th
Solve structures subjected to support settlement
Solve structures subjected to stiffness influences
Lesson October 23th
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 25th
Constitutive relations
… for temperature influences
Solve displacements statically determinate structures subjected to temperature influences
Solve statically indeterminate structures subjected to temperature influences
Lesson October 25th
Week 10 (November 4th)
Preparation exam Friday November 8th
Exam Friday November 8th
Week 11 (November 11th)
Lesson November 11th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 15th
Static moment, centroid and normal force centre
Second moment of area and Section modulus
Lesson November 15th
Week 12 (November 18th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday November 18th
Solve stresses in an extension element
Normal stresses
Solve stresses in a bending element
Normal stresses
Lesson November 18th
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday November 19th
Solve stresses in a bending element
Shear stresses
Lesson November 19th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 22nd
Core of a cross-section
Lesson November 22nd
Week 13 (November 25th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday November 25th
Model
Stresses in 3D
Strains in 2D
Tensors
Transformations
Analytical
Lesson November 25th
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday November 26th
Model
Stress-Strain relations
Transformations
Graphical
Lesson November 26th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 29th
Differential equations for equilibrium relations
… for torsion
Solve equilibrium
… of a body in torsion
Solve section forces torsion structures
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Diagrams
… using differential equations
Model
Shear stress-strain diagram
Cross-sectional properties
Polar moment of inertia
Torsional moment of inertia thin-walled tubes
Strain diagram
… for torsion
Kinematic relations
… for torsion in circular cross-sections and thin-walled tubes
Constitutive relations
… for torsion
Solve displacements circular and thin-walled tubes for structures in torsion
… using constitutive equation
… using differential equations
Lesson November 29th
Week 14 (December 2nd)
Homework deadline lesson Monday December 2nd
Solve stresses in a torsional element
… in a thin-walled circular cross-section
… in solid circular bars and thick-walled circular tubes
… in a closed thin-walled non-circular cross-section
… in open thin-walled cross-sections
… for various cross-sections in combination with shear force
Lesson December 2nd
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday December 3rd
Cross-sectional properties
Shear force centre
Lesson December 3rd
Homework deadline lesson Friday December 6th
Failure
Lesson December 6th
Week 15 (December 9th)
Preparation exam assignments Tuesday December 10th
Exam Tuesday December 10th
Lesson December 12th
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Week 16 (December 16th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 16
Week 17 (January 6th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 17
Week 18 (January 13th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 18
Week 20 (January 27th)
Preparation exam assignments Tuesday December 10th
Exam Friday January 31th
Week 30 (April 14th)
Preparation exam assignments Monday April 14th
Exam Monday April 14th
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