WEEK 1: Types of forces, structural forms, joints and supports, equations of equilibrium, conditions for statistical determinacy.
WEEK 2: Plane figures; solution of forces by the method of sections.
WEEK 3: Plane frames, solution of forces by the method of tension coefficients.
WEEK 4: Plane frames; solution of forces by inspection and stress diagrams. Space Frames.
WEEK 5: Types of beams; loads, supports and reactions. Concepts of bending moment and shearing force. Bending moment and shear force diagrams. Relation between intensity of loading, shear force and bending moment.
WEEK 6: Mathematical and graphical solutions of Bending moment and Shear force diagrams for simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams for concentrated and distributed loadings.
WEEK 7: Further examples of computation of Bending moment and Shear force diagrams for simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams for various load cases.
WEEK 8: MID-SEMESTEREXAMS
WEEK9: Deflection of beams by the Double Integration method.
WEEK 10: Deflection of beams by the Macaulays method.
WEEK 11: Deflection of beams by the area-moment theorems.
WEEK 12: Engineers Theory of Bending, derivation of bending equation;
WEEK 13: Bending and Shear stress distributions; rectangular, I and T-sections.
WEEK 14: Theory of Suspension Cables and Bridges; Maximum pull and reactions; graphical method. Mathematical methods of determination; cable support at different levels; effect of temperature stresses.