Calendar

 

LEC # SUBJECTS
1 Introduction 
2 Compression structures    
Lab : Cables and Arch
3 Tension Structures
4 Designing for tension and compression
Lab : Buckling
5 Truss analysis (HW #1 due)
6 Truss design
Lab : Trusses
7 Forces and forms in beams (HW #2 due)
8 Forces and forms in beams
Lab : Beams
9 Indeterminate Beams (HW #3 due)
10 Fan Structures
Lab : Design Project
11 Design of long span structures (HW #4 due)
12 Types of Loading 
Lab : Design project
13 Stability (HW #5 due)
14 Indeterminate Structures
Lab : Design Project
15 Finite element analysis
16 Connections 
Lab : Finite element analysis
17 Collapse of structures (HW #6 due)
18 Structural safety
Lab : Load Testing
19 Review of competition (Report due)
20 Sustainable structural design
21 Structural Materials
Lab: Materials
22 Stress and Strain (HW #7 due)
23 Deflections and vibration 
Lab : Stress and strain
24 Serviceability (HW #8 due)
25 Review
Lab
26 Review