Part 1: Statics and strength of materials
Revision on shear force and bending moment diagrams, deflection of beams, normal stresses due to bending and elastic design of beams; Beams with axial load; Biaxial bending; Unsymmetrical beams; Shear stresses in thin-walled sections; Composite beams; Torsion; Three-pin arches; The parabolic three pin arch with uniformly distributed load.
Part 2: Solving statically indeterminate structures
Qualitative structural analysis; The principle of virtual work and applications; Compatibility of deformation; Matrix methods; Slope-deflection method; Moment distribution method; Force method; Influence Lines; Yield criterion; Upper and lower bound theorems of plasticity; Plastic analysis of statically indeterminate beams and frames.
Part 3: Computational modelling using SAP2000 software
Modelling structural geometry; Defining materials and structural members; Defining boundary conditions; Defining load cases and load combination; Assigning loads to joints; members and areas; Running analysis and visualising results.