Nov 12, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
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CE 3300 - Structural Theory I


Determinacy requirements, analysis of statically determinate structures; influence lines, deflections, and introduction to analysis of statically indeterminate structures.

Requisites: (CE 2010 or concurrent) and (C or better in ET 2220)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to determine support reactions for different support types.
  • Students will be able to construct shear-moment diagrams for beam problems.
  • Students will be able to determine axial forces in truss members using different methods.
  • Students will be able to apply the method of virtual work to determine deflections within a truss structure.
  • Students will be able to compute beam deflections using the direct integration method, the moment-area method, and the method of virtual work.
  • Students will be able to recognize statically indeterminant cases and analyze them through appropriate methods..
  • Students will be able to apply the moment distribution method in structural analysis.
  • Students will be able to explain how load transfers from one member to another.



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