UNIT 1:
Strain energy and strain energy Density
Strain energy and strain energy Density
Strain energy due to axial load (gradual, sudden and impact loadings), shear, flexure and torsion
Strain energy due to axial load (gradual, sudden and impact loadings), shear, flexure and torsion
Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem
Strain energy due to axial load (gradual, sudden and impact loadings), shear, flexure and torsion
Application of energy theorems for computing deflections in determinate beams, plane frames and plane trusses.
UNIT 2:
Analysis of continuous beams
Analysis of continuous beams
sinking and rotation of supports
Propped cantilever and fixed beams
Fixed end moments and reactions
Shear force and bending moment diagrams.
UNIT 3:
Critical load for prismatic columns with different end conditions
Critical load for prismatic columns with different end conditions
Eccentrically loaded short columns
Eccentrically loaded short columns
Middle third rule - core of a section.
Middle third rule - core of a section.
UNIT 4:
Strain energy and distortion energy theories
Application in analysis of stress, load carrying capacity.
Strain energy and distortion energy theories
UNIT 5:
Unsymmetrical bending of beams of symmetrical and unsymmetrical sections