Development of teaching aid for a few structural analysis topics

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OBJECTIVES

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Use it to develop a software which will enable us to solve a few structural analysis problems.

To develop the software as a teaching aid for a beginner in structural analysis.

To get familiarized with C++ language

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE

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Analyses the structure and helps to find shear force and bending moment at any section.

Generates the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram.

The following six load combinations 4/14/12 have been taken up in each case of the beam. SINGLE POINT LOAD UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD(UDL) TRIANGULAR LOAD MULTI POINT LOAD MULTI POINT LOAD AND UDL MULTI POINT LOAD AND TRIANGULAR

4/14/12 In case of frames, we have taken up a simply supported frame with the following load combination.

SINGLE POINT LOAD UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD (UDL) COMBINATION OF BOTH

4/14/12 SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM

A simply supported beam is one that involves two supports, which together resists the displacements (x, y, Hz) of the structures as whole.

One of the supports is a hinged (which restrains x and y, but not z)

other is a sticky roller support(which restrains y locally, and in combination with the hinge support,z in a global sense)

CANTILEVER

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Cantilever is the simplest externally stable structure

characterized by fixity conditions at one end and free conditions at the other

support reactions and the internal force resultants along the length of cantilever are all statically determinable.

sufficient to treat the structure as a rigid body and apply statics (approximate equations of static equilibrium

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PORTAL FRAMES

has a rectangular configuration

term has originated from the word portal which means the entrance doorway.

The two vertical frames are called columns and the horizontal element as beam.

CONTINUOUS BEAMS

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Beams with more than one span are called continuous beams

they continue over the intermediate supports.

Continuous beams are common in bridge and building construction

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CONCLUSION

Software was developed using C++, which can be used to solve structural analysis problems.

It can also be used as a teaching aid for beginners in structural analysis.

As a part of the development of the program we also got familiarized with the C++ language.

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LIMITATIONS
Time was the major constraint for us. Due to limited time, we could do only a very few load cases and combinations.

The C++ language which we used to develop our software had limitations too.

The graphical interface was not very satisfactory C++ supports a very few in-built mathematical functions.

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