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Techniques for Structural Analysis and Design

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Instructor: Prof. Raúl Radovitzky
Term: Spring 2005
Level: Undergraduate
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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 4: Kinematics Strain at a Point Transformation of Stress Components Compatibility Conditions

Lecture 5: Thermodynamic Principles The First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Equation The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Lecture 6: Constitutive Equations Generalized Hooke’s Law Strain Energy Density Function Elastic Symmetry Thermoelastic Constitutive Equations

Lecture 7: Boundary Value Problems of Elasticity Summary of Equations Classification of Boundary Value Problems Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions

Lecture 15: Energy Theorems of Structural Mechanics Castigliano’s First Theorem Castigliano’s Second Theorem Betti’s and Maxwell’s Reciprocity Theorems

Lecture 16: Some Preliminaries

Lecture 19: Weighted Residual Methods A Brief Description of Galerkin, Least-squares and Collocation Methods

Lecture 23: Convergence of Analysis Results Definition of Convergence Properties of the Finite Element Solution Rate of Convergence Calculation of Stresses and the Assessment of Error

Lecture 24: Isoparametric Derivation of Bar Element Stiffness Matrix

Lecture 30: Numerical Integration

Lecture 31: Direct Solution of Linear System of Equations