LouisianaStateUniversity
ColleagueofEngineering
Dept.ofCivil&Environ.Eng.
CE4435IndeterminateStructuralAnalysis(3credits)
CourseOutline
Instructor: Dr.AlyMousaadAly
Office:3513DPatrickF.TaylorHall
Phone:225‐578‐6654
Email:aly@LSU.edu
OfficeHours:Tuesday&Thursday12:00PM–1:00PM
Semester
Fall2013
Tuesday&Thursday10:30AM–11:50AM
ClassHours:
PatrickF.TaylorHall2171
3hours(inclass)
Credits:
6hours(outofclass:reading,homework,andwritingareport)
Prerequisites: Agradeof‘C’orbetterinCE3415(StructuralAnalysisI)
Description:
The course topics include: analysis of statically indeterminate
structures, method of consistent deformations, elastic energy,
virtual work, slope deflection, moment distribution, and matrix
formulations.
Objectives:
The main objective of this course is to extend students
understandingofstructuralanalysisforindeterminatestructures.
Aftercompletingthecourse,thestudentswillbeableto:
 Recognizeifastructureisstaticallyunstable,determinateor
indeterminate;
 Analyzesimpleindeterminatestructures(planetrussesand
frames)byusingtheconsistentdeformationmethod;
 Describe the basic equations used in the slope‐deflection
methodforanalysisofframestructures;
 Solveproblemswithsimpleindeterminateframestructures
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byusingthemomentdistributionmethod;
Perform approximate analyses of moderate‐size
indeterminateframestructuresusinghand‐calculations;
Computestiffnesscoefficientsforsimpleplaneframe/truss
structuresbasedontheirphysicalinterpretation;
Analyze indeterminate frame structures using the matrix
methodforstructuralanalysis;
Use typical structural analysis software and critically
evaluatetheobtainedresults.
Textbook:
Kassimali, A. Structural Analysis, 4th edition. Stamford, CT:
CengageLearning,2011.
Hibbeler,R.C.StructuralAnalysis,8thedition.PrenticeHall,Inc.,
Reference:
2011.
Grading:
Assignmentoffinalgradeswillbeaccumulatedasfollows:
 Homework(15%)
 Quizzes(15%)‐‐canbeanytimeduringtheinclasshours
 MidtermExams(30%)
 FinalExam(40%)
Allexaminationsareclosedbook.
GradingScale: Thetotalgradeisassignedasfollows:
A90–100%
B80–89%
C70–79%
D60–69%
Fbelow60%
Policy
Studentsareresponsibleforattendingclassesandexams.All
students should respect the right of others to have an
equitableopportunitytolearnandhonestlydemonstratethe
quality of their learning. All students are deemed by the
universitytounderstandthatiftheyarefoundresponsible
for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the
academicmisconductproceduresandsanctions,asoutlined
intheCodeofStudentConduct.
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1. Classes
Topic
Introduction
Stability,DeterminacyandIndeterminacy
VirtualWork
ForceMethod
ApproximateMethodsofStructuralAnalysis
Slope‐DeflectionMethod
Moment‐DistributionMethod
MatrixStructuralAnalysis
2. Exams
a. Midterm#1:Willbeannouncedoneweekinadvance
b. Midterm#2:Willbeannouncedoneweekinadvance
c. Final:Tuesday,December10th,2013(7:30AM–9:30AM)
Lectures
1
1.5
1.5
6
3
1
5
4
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