Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

CE 324 Elementary Structural Analysis

Loads on structures as dictated in various codes and specification; load flow through a structural system and tributary areas; methods of analysis of statistically determinate planar trusses, beams, and frames; concepts of stability and indeterminacy; axial, shear, and bending moment; calculations of displacements and rotations by virtual work, Castigliano's theorem for trusses, beams and frames; computer analysis of structures using an existing commercial program.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Completion of EAS 212 and Mth 261 with a C or better.
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