CE 371

Structural Analysis I
Fall 2008

Instructor: Amit H. Varma

CIVL 4123
49-63419 email: ahvarma@purdue.edu

Office Hours: MWF 1:30 – 2:30

Lectures: MWF 11:30 – 12:20 CIVL 1144

Recommended Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, 6th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006
Text:

Teaching TBA
Assistant: CIVL 4129
49-63372; email: TBA

TA Office Hours: TBA

Grading: Homework 20%

Exam 1* 25% Date and Time - TBA
Exam 2* 25% Date and Time - TBA
Final Exam* 30% Date and Time - TBA

* Students must have a cumulative exam average of 60 or higher to receive a passing grade.

Final grades will be assigned according to the following scale:

Total Points Grade Total Points Grade

91 + A 88-90 A-
85-87 B+ 81-84 B
78-80 B- 75-77 C+
71-74 C 68-70 C-
65-67 D+ 62-64 D
60-61 D- Less than 60 F
Student Conduct:

Students will conduct themselves according to the Purdue Honor Code and the ASCE code of
ethics. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary
penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University.

Assignments:

1. Homework assignments are due at the beginning of the lecture period (late homework will
not be accepted).
2. Assignments should be completed on engineering paper. Please write on only one side of
the paper. Each problem will be self-contained (begin a new problem on a new page).
3. Work will be neat and organized. Use a straight edge to prepare sketches, to underline
important information at intermediate steps in the solution, and to box the final answer.
4. Provide sketches to aid in illustrating intermediate steps and the solution when necessary.
Lecture Topics Required Reading
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Introduction - What Structural Engineers Do; Ch. 1

Structural Systems and Loads

Reactions for Determinate Structures Ch. 2

Shear and Moment Diagrams for Beams and Frames Ch. 4

(by Equation, FBD, and Inspection)

Plane Truss Analysis - Method of Joints; Method of Sections 3-1 through 3-6

(~ Exam No. 1)

Deflections
Relationship between deflected shape and moment diagram 8-1 through 8-2
(Sketching deflected shapes)

- Double Integration Method 8-3

- Moment-Area Method 8-4

- Conjugate Beam Method 8-5

Indeterminate Structures

- Flexibility Method 10-1 through 10-5

(~Exam No. 2)

- Slope-Deflection Method Ch. 11

- Moment Distribution Ch. 12

Influence Lines

- Determinate Structures Ch. 6

- Indeterminate Structures 10-10 & 10-11

(Final Exam)