King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Department of Civil Engineering

 

ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

(CE 511)

 

 

Instructor        :    Dr. Ahmad S. Al-Gahtani

Office No.       :    16-132

Office Phone   :    2220

Office Hours   :    To be announced in class

Text Book      :    Matrix Analysis of Framed Structure – by Weaver & Grey

                             Structural Analysis – by Neville

 

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Lectures                      TOPICS                     

    1                  Introduction to the Course

 

    1                  Concepts of Indeterminacy

 

    3                  Seminars for review of Analysis Methods (presented by students)

 

    3                  The Flexibility Method of Analysis

 

                        1st Major Exam

 

  11                  The Stiffness Method of Analysis:

 

-         Planar Orthogonal Frames & Continuous Beams

-         Planar Non-Orthogonal Frames

-         Three-Dimensional Structures

 

2nd Major Exam

 

    6                  Stability of Planar Structures

 

    2                  Energy Methods

 

    2                  Introduction to Structural Dynamics

 

    1                  Introduction to the Finite Element Method

 

 

Course Requirements & Grading:

 

            1st Major Exam                        20%

            2nd Major Exam                        20%

            Homework                               20%

            Term Project                            20%

            Final Exam                               20%