CE 382 - Structural Analysis1
INSTRUCTOR: George E. Blandford 377 Raymond Building Department of Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0281
Office: (859) 257-1855 e-mail: george.blandford@uky.edu
Office Hours: Open door or by appointment
ASSISTANT:
Le Cao
382 Raymond Building Department of Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0281
Cell Phone: 859-351-4710 e-mail: le.cao_daisy@uky.edu
Office Hours: TR 9:30 – 11:30 am and By appointment
WEB PAGE:
http://www.engr.uky.edu/~gebland/CE 382/
The course web site includes:
 color PowerPoint slides in one slide per page format – CE 382 PDF Lecture Slides,
 color PowerPoint slides in four slides per page format – CE 382 Four Slides per
Page,
 homework assignments – Homework Assignments,
 homework solutions – Homework Solutions, and
 general information – course syllabus, summary notes for each of the three exams,
and supplemental text material for using the force method of analysis.
I.
COURSE NOTES
The package of course notes contains supplemental course materials including several worked
out examples. The course slides are available on the course web site. I would recommend
the four slides per page format which include references to the supplemental course materials.
You can print these pages or simple download them onto your laptop or tablet computer for
use in class.
II.
REFERENCE BOOKS (First or Second on List is Required)
Kenneth M. Leet, Chia-Ming Uang and Anne M. Gilbert, Fundamentals of Structural
Analysis, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, (2011). ISBN 978-0-07-340109-9
Aslam Kassimali, Structural Analysis, Fifth Edition. Cengage Learning, (2015). ISBN 9781-133-94389-1; Online store: www.cengagebrain.com – RECOMMENDED FOR
STUDENTS PURSUING STRUCTURES AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE FIRST BOOK
ON LIST
James K. Nelson and Jack C. McCormac, Structural Analysis: Using Classical and Matrix
Methods, John Wiley & Sons, Edison, NJ, (2003).
Louis C. Tartaglione, Structural Analysis. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY (1991).
Ghali and A.M. Neville, Structural Analysis: A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach.
Fifth Edition, Spon Press, New York, NY (2003).
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The prerequisite for this course is a passing grade (D or higher) in EM 302 - Mechanics of Deformable
Solids. NOTE: To earn a BSCE degree, you must earn a C or higher in EM 302.
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III.
GOALS
CE 382 teaches civil engineering students some of the basics for analyzing statically determinate and indeterminate systems, and introduces them to the behavior of structures. Furthermore, this course provides the structural analysis base used for both the Fundamentals in
Engineering (FE/EIT) and Principles in Practice (PP/PE) examinations.
IV.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Objective 1.
Solve two-dimensional, statically determinate structures.
1. Calculate support reactions for structures that include equations of condition.
2. Calculate bar forces in statically determinate trusses.
3. Quantify the shear and bending moment variation along the segments of a structure.
4. Calculate displacements for planar truss, beam, and frame structures.
5. Construct influence line diagrams for statically determinate structures and locate live
loads (uniform and point force(s)) to maximize the response function.
Objective 2. Understand the importance of statically indeterminate structures and perform
structural calculations for two-dimensional statically indeterminate structures.
1. Draw qualitative influence line diagrams and determine critical uniform live load
placement.
2. Analyze continuous beam structures using equilibrium based approximate
analysis.
3. Analyze truss structures with double diagonals using equilibrium based
approximate analysis.
4. Analyze statically indeterminate truss and beam structures using the force method
of analysis.
5. Calculate limit loads for continuous beam structures using plastic analysis.
In addition, you will continue to develop small group skills through team homework assignments and class interaction. Both written and oral communication skills are highly valued
by the profession.
V.
TEAMS
Each student must join a team of two student members. Each team is to collaborate and work
together on all problem-solving homework assignments; written homework assignments, if
assigned, are to be completed individually. The team concept will provide students with an
opportunity to develop small group interaction skills, mimic the working profession, and
should enhance student learning. The instructor will provide you with the team member list.
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VI.
ENGINEERING ETHICS2
Each student must subscribe to a professional code of ethics that is the basis for their behavior in
class. All exam work, including but not limited to formulation of ideas and methods of approach,
must be the work of the student taking the exam. Violation of these principles will result in either
a zero on the affected effort, a failing grade in the course, or suspension from the University.
VII.
HOMEWORK POLICY
Homework is assigned throughout the semester, see page 7 for specific due dates and assignment
categories. Most homework assignments are team based. Each member of the team will
submit the completed homework assignment and the team will bundle the completed
homework assignments with a paperclip. NOTE: Only one copy of any computer output is
required for each team. The teaching assistant will first verify that each team member has
submitted a solution for each problem. Solutions that are not submitted or are incomplete will
be graded as an n (n = 0 points) for the individual team member. Then, the teaching assistant
will choose one solution to grade per assigned problem and each member of the team who
completed the problem will receive that grade.
Submit homework at the start of class on the assignment date. Late homework is not
acceptable except for unusual circumstances, i.e., an excused absence. Each homework problem
is graded using a letter grade system. The letter grade system is:
a = 4 out of 4 points: correct procedure and calculations
b = 3 out of 4 points: correct procedure with some minor calculation errors
c = 2 out of 4 points: partially correct procedure and calculations
n = 0 out of 4 points: insufficient knowledge or not submitted
+ = additional ½ point, e. g., b+ = 3.5 out of 4 points
Students are encouraged to contact the teaching assistant with questions related to
homework either via the office telephone or e-mail (see page 1 for contact information). The
instructor is also available to answer homework questions over the telephone, through email, or in his office (see page 1 for contact information). The teaching assistant is
responsible for assigning homework grades.
IX.
TERM EXAMS
Course evaluation includes three term exams. Exams 1 and 2 are on Tuesday, March 8 and
Tuesday, April 5, respectively. Exam 3 is Thursday, May 5 from 1:00PM – 3:00PM. Topics for
each exam are marked on the course syllabus (page 6 of this handout).
The course instructor grades all exams. Appeal your evaluations directly with him. Also, if
you have questions, do not hesitate to contact the course instructor. E-mail is probably the
best method of contact (see page 1).
Mid-term will occur after the first exam and mid-term grades will be posted in myUK on
Friday, March 11, which is the deadline established in the Academic Calendar
(http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/AcademicCalendar.htm)
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Also see Undergraduate Study in Civil Engineering Handbook on Student and Faculty Responsibilities.
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X.
COURSE GRADE DISTRIBUTION
Homework
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3
XI.
XII.
LETTER GRADE SCALE
90 – 100
80 – 89
70 – 79
60 – 69
0 – 59
20.0%
25.0%
25.0%
30.0%
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 TOTAL = 100%
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A
B
C
D
E
GENERAL COMMENTS
1. This class requires an average of 5 – 10 hours per week of work outside of class and
more at the end of the course.
2. Students are to behave in a professional manner during class.
3. Material covered in class is the basis for all homework and each exam.
4. Class attendance is required. Each student has 2 bonus points out of the possible 100 points
you can earn in the class to begin the course. For each unexcused absence, the instructor will
delete one point from your total grade. If you have an excused absence (see item XIII below),
inform the instructor in writing prior to the absence. In the case of an illness, a telephone
call is required before class or a signed doctor’s note for the day of the absence. In an
emergency, contact the instructor as soon as possible.
5. Exams 1 & 2 are closed book and closed notes.
6. Exam 3 will also be closed book and closed notes. However, bring two handwritten
sheets of summary notes with you to the exam since it covers all the statically
indeterminate course material. It is the instructor’s policy not to return exam 3. The
instructor provides some basic information. See web site document “Exam 3 Supplements.”
7. The last day to withdraw from this course is Friday, April 8.
XIII. EXCUSED ABSENCES
The University of Kentucky defines the following as excused absences:
1. Significant illness of the student or serious illness of a member of the student's household (permanent or campus) or immediate family. The Instructor of Record shall have
the right to request appropriate verification.
2. The death of a member of the student's household (permanent or campus) or immediate
family. The Instructor of Record shall have the right to request appropriate verification.
For the purpose of this rule, immediately family is defined as spouse or child or parent
(guardian) or sibling (all of the previous include steps, halves and in-laws of the same
relationship); and grandchild or grandparent
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3. Trips for members of student organizations sponsored by an educational unit, trips for
University classes, and trips for participation in intercollegiate athletic events, including
club sports registered with the university as well as varsity sports. When feasible, the
student must notify the Instructor of Record prior to the occurrence of such absences,
but in no case shall such notification occur more than one week after the absence. Instructors of Record may request formal notification from appropriate university personnel to document the student's participation in such trips.
4. Major Religious Holidays. Students are responsible for notifying the Instructor of Record
in writing of anticipated absences due to their observance of such holidays no later than
the last day for adding a class.
5. Any other circumstances which the Instructor of Record finds reasonable cause for absence.
Students missing any graded work due to an excused absence bear the responsibility of informing the Instructor of Record about their excused absence within one week following the
period of the excused absence (except where prior notification is required), and of making
up the missed work. The Instructor of Record shall give the student an opportunity to make
up the work and/or the exams missed due to an excused absence, and shall do so, if feasible,
during the semester in which the absence occurred.
If attendance is required or serves as a criterion for a grade in a course, and if a student has
excused absences in excess of one-fifth of the class contact hours for that course, a student
shall have the right to petition for a "W", and the Instructor of Record may require the student to petition for a "W" or take an "I" in the course.
If a student has an excused absence on a day when an exam is given, the instructor may not
deny permission for a makeup exam and simply calculate the student's grade on the basis of
the remaining requirements.
XIV. CLASSROOM AND LEARNING ACCOMMODATIONS
UK students requiring such accommodation should provide documentation of the need prior to
the end of the first week of class. The Disability Resource Center certifies the need for and
specifies the particular type of such accommodations on a student-by-student basis. (Contact:
Alumni Gym Room 2, 859-257-2754 – Voice and TTD; e-mail: jkarnes@emial.uky.edu).
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CE 382 - Structural Analysis
(DATES ARE TENATIVE!)
Topic
Lectures
Exam
Introduction – General and Structural Loads:
Chapters 1 and 2
1/14 – 1/21
B
Statics of Structures – Reactions: Chapter 3
1/26 – 1/28
1&2
Two-Dimensional Structural Analysis Program
2/2
NOTE: RISA 2D is a windows-based computer program. If you have a Mac computer, your
options are: Parallels (http://www.parallels.com) allows you to run Windows as a virtual
machine on the Mac (basically Windows runs as a Macintosh application) or Boot Camp allows you to dual boot your Mac (you can choose to run the computer as a Windows computer, or a Mac at boot up).
Plane Trusses: Chapter 4
1/28 – 2/4
1&2
Beams and Frames: Chapter 5
2/9 – 2/16
1&2
Deflections of Trusses, Beams, and Frames:
Work Energy Methods – Chapter 7
2/18 – 2/25
1
Influence Lines – Chapters 8 and 9
3/1 – 3/10
2
3/22
3/24
3
Approximate Analysis of Indeterminate Structures
Trusses and Beams: Handouts and Chapter 12
3/29 – 3/31
3
Force Method of Analysis: Handouts and Chapter 13
4/7 – 4/19
3
4/21 – 4/26
3
Indeterminate Structures: Section 11.1
Influence Lines for Statically Indeterminate Structures
Qualitative Influence Lines: Section 14.2
plus Handouts
Construction of Envelope Curves: Handouts
Plastic Analysis of Continuous Beams: Handouts
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B  Basic material
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Statically determinate analysis of two-dimensional structures: trusses, beams and frames. Influence lines for truss and beam structures. Displacement calculations using virtual work principles.
Statically indeterminate structural analysis includes approximate, force method and plastic analyses.
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OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
(DATES ARE TENATIVE!)
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DATES
Thursday, January 28:
HW #1 – Building Load Distribution Calculations (Team)
Thursday, February 4:
HW #2 – Reactions (Team)
Thursday, February 11:
HW #3 – Plane Truss Analysis (Team)
Thursday, February 18:
HW #4 – Axial, Shear, and Bending Moment Analysis (Team)
Tuesday, March 1:
HW #5 – Deflection Calculations (Team)
Tuesday, March 22
HW #6 – Influence Line Analysis (Team)
Thursday, March 24:
HW #7 – Influence Line Applications (Team)
Tuesday, April 12:
HW #8 – Moment Envelope Curve for a Statically Indeterminate Beam
Thursday, April 14:
HW #9 – Approximate Analysis (Team)
Thursday, April 21:
HW #10 – Force Method Analysis (Team)
Thursday, April 28:
HW #11 – Plastic Analysis (Team)
EXAM DATES
Tuesday, March 8
– Exam #1; 12:30 – 1:45 PM
Tuesday, April 5
– Exam #2; 12:30 – 1:45 PM
EXAM 3 REVIEW SESSION
Thursday – April 28
EXAM 3
Thursday – May 5
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