01. INTRODUCTION

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The prediction of the performance of a given structure under prescribed loads and/or other external effects

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

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(2) Examples of External Effects

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(1) SUPPORT MOVEMENT
(2) TEMPERATURE CHANGE

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(3) Common Performance Characteristics in Design of Structures

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(1) STRESSES/STRESS RESULTANT
(2) DEFLECTIONS
(3) SUPPORT REACTIONS

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(3) Examples of Stresses/Stress Resultant

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(1) AXIAL FORCES
(2) SHEAR FORCES
(3) BENDING MOMENT

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Structures were designed by trial and error using rule of thumb based on past experience

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DAWN OF HISTORY

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Engineers began applying Mechanics (Math and Science) in designing structures

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MID 17TH CENTURY

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(6) Examples of Magnificent Structures

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(1) EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
(2) PARTHENON
(3) TEMPLE OF POSEIDON
(4) ROMAN COLISEUM
(5) ROMAN AQUEDUCTS
(6) GOTHIC CATHEDRAL

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Considered as the originator of the theory of structures; The Book: Two New Sciences (1638); Analytical principles of mechanics and strength of materials

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GALILEO GALILEI

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Developed the law of linear relationship between the force and the deformation of materials (Hooke’s Law)

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ROBERT HOOKE

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Formulated the laws of motion and developed calculus (foundational mechanics)

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ISAAC NEWTON

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Formulated the principle of virtual work

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JOHN BERNLOULLI

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Developed the theory of buckling columns

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LEONHARD EULER

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Presented the analysis of elastic bending of beams

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CHARLES AGUSTIN DE COULOMB

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Published a treatise on elastic behavior of structures in 1826

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CLAUDE LOUIS MARIE HENRI NAVIER

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Formulated the three-moment equation for the analysis of continuous beams

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B.P. CLAPEYRON

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Presented the method of consistent deformations and the law reciprocal deflections

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JAMES CLERK MAXWELL

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Developed the conjugate beam method for calculation of deflection and Mohr’s circle of stress and strain

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OTTO MOHR

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Formulated the theorem of least work

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ALBERTO CASTIGLIANO

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Developed the area moment method

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C.E. GREENE

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Presented a principle for constructing an influence line

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HEINRICH MULLER-BRESLAU

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Developed the slope deflection method (the precursor of matrix stiffness method)

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GEORGE A. MANEY

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Developed the moment distribution method

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HARDY CROSS

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Development of the revolutionized structural analysis using computers; Solve large systems of simultaneous equations

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1950’S

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An integral part of any structural engineering project, its function being the prediction of the performance of the proposed structure

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

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The science and art of planning, designing and constructing safe and economical structures that will serve their intended purposes

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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

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(8) Contributors on the current computer method on structural analysis

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(1) J.H. ARGYRIS (2) R.W. CLOUGH (3) S. KELSEY (4) E.L. WILSON (5) R.K. LIVESLEY (6) H.C. MARTIN (7) M.T. TURNER (8) O.C. ZIENKIEWICZ

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Phase of a typical structural engineering project

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(1) PLANNING PHASE (2) PRELIMINARY STRUCTURAL DESIGN (3) ESTIMATION OF LOADS (4) STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (5) SATISFACTION (5A) NO; REVISE STRUCTURAL DESIGN (5B) YES; NEXT PHASE (6) CONSTRUCTION PHASE