CIE 515LEC - Adv Structural Anal

This course will build on concepts from undergraduate mechanics of solids and structural analysis courses, developing ideas in a more general setting and in a manner suitable for computer implementation. The goal is to develop the background needed to intimately understand principles behind advanced computer codes, used for example in analyzing structures in extreme events. With such an understanding, one can use these codes with confidence, improve upon them when necessary, and in some cases even develop new codes. In undergraduate courses, structures are typically analyzed making approximations such as small displacements and linear elastic material behavior. In many applications, such approximations are not valid. Therefore, a significant part of this course will be on nonlinear analysis of structures. There will be substantial emphasis on implementation.

Credits: 3