Indeterminate Structures

Catalog description

Indeterminate Structures ( AE 430 ) aims to help students develop their analytical understanding and skills related to multi-member determinate and indeterminate structures. A knowledge of statics, strength of materials, and basic structural analysis is required. Building on concepts from the introductory structural analysis class, this course expands on classical methods for the analysis for beams, columns, trusses, frames, as applied to buildings. Additionally, students will learn about gravity and environmental loads; load paths, load effects, methods of analysis, and problem-solving skills; building code provisions for wind and seismic conditions; and lateral loads. Lastly, this knowledge is synthesized for computational modeling of and validation for simple structures.