Inelastic structures
P Grundy
3 points, 20 lectures, 12 tutorials, 2 laboratory classes * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV2221 or CIV2210
Concept of virtual work; principle of virtual forces and virtual displacements; reciprocal theorems; dummy unit load method; influence lines; determination of moment and shear envelopes and application to design; theorems of plastic analysis, equilibrium condition; collapse mechanisms; yield condition; direct design methods; interaction of axial force, shear force and bending moment in cross- section strength; ductility requirements; plastic instability and inelastic column strength.
Assessment:
Examination (3 hours): 75% * Laboratory and assignments: 25%
Prescribed texts
Grundy P Lecture notes for CIV3230.03 Dept Civil Engineering, Monash University
Recommended texts
Davies G A O Virtual work in structural analysis Wiley, 1982
Horne M R and Morris L J Plastic design of low-rise frames Granada, 1981
Horne M R Plastic theory of structures 2nd edn, Pergamon, 1978
Neal B G The plastic method of structural analysis 3rd edn, Chapman and Hall, 1956
Todd J D Structural theory and analysis 2nd edn, Macmillan, 1981