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Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñaría Industrial (plan 2012)
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  Specific structures technology
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Chapter 0. The following topics develop the contents set up in the verification memory. Basic concepts in structural analysis. Description and types of analysis of structures. Regulations applicable to the design and analysis of structures. Introduction to the analysis of structures by a computer.
Chapter 1. Introduction to matrix structural analysis. Introduction. Structure idealization. System redundances and degrees of freedom. Method of flexibility. Direct stiffness method. Comparison between the two methods. Global and local coordinates. Transformations of spatial coordinates. Transformation matrix.
Chapter 2. Stiffness matrix of structural elements Introduction. Axial force member with plane movement. General axial force member. Beam bending member with plane movement. Beam torsional and bending member. General beam member. Problems.
Chapter 3. Stiffness matrix of the frame Compatibility equations. Equilibrium at nodes. Stiffness matrix properties. Problems.
Chapter 4. Boundary conditions. Need of boundary conditions. Introduction of null displacement. Introduction of prescribed displacement. Other techniques of introduction of boundary conditions. Elastic supports. Inclined supports. Problems.
Chapter 5. Forces. Introduction. Loads between nodal points. Calculation of fix end forces, bending moment diagrams and reactions. Initial or thermal strain conditions. Problems.
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