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1. Structural Analysis Techniques Objective: to provide a resumé of the elastic methods of structural analysis, most commonly used when undertaking structural design. 1.1 Resumé of Analysis Techniques The following resumé gives a brief summary of the most common manual techniques adopted to determine the forces induced in the members of statically determinate structures. There are numerous structural analysis books available which give comprehensive detailed explanations of these and other more

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1. Structural Analysis Techniques Objective: to provide a resumé of the elastic methods of structural analysis, most commonly used when undertaking structural design. 1.1 Resumé of Analysis Techniques The following resumé gives a brief summary of the most common manual techniques adopted to determine the forces induced in the members of statically determinate structures. There are numerous structural analysis books available which give comprehensive detailed explanations of these and other more

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Elements 1. Structural Analysis Techniques


Objective: to provide a resumé of the elastic methods of structural analysis, most
commonly used when undertaking structural design.
1.1 Resumé of Analysis Techniques
The following resumé gives a brief summary of the most common manual techniques
adopted to determine the forces induced in the members of statically determinate
structures. There are numerous structural analysis books available which give
comprehensive detailed explanations of these and other more advanced techniques.
The laws of structural mechanics are well established in recognised ‘elastic theory’
using the following assumptions:
♦ The material is homogeneous, which implies, its constituent parts have the same
physical properties throughout its entire volume.
♦ The material is isotropic, which implies that the elastic properties are the same in
all directions.
♦ The material obeys Hooke’s Law, i.e. when subjected to an external force system
the deformations induced will be directly proportional to the magnitude of the
applied force.
♦ The material is elastic, which implies that it will recover completely from any
deformation after the removal of load.
♦ The modulus of elasticity is the same in tension and compression.
♦ Plane sections remain plane during deformation. During bending this
assumption is violated and is reflected in a non-linear bending stress diagram
throughout cross-sections subject to a moment; this is normally neglected.
1.2 Method of Sections for Pin-Jointed Frames
The method of sections involves the application of the three equations of static equilibrium
to two-dimensional plane frames. The sign convention adopted to indicate ties (i.e. tension
members) and struts (i.e. compression members) in frames is as shown in Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.1

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