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Learning Objectives: Develop The Skills Structural Sense
Learning Objectives: Develop The Skills Structural Sense
Learning Objectives
Develop the skills and techniques in qualitative analysis of beams and frames
under simple loading conditions.
Produce approximately the shear force diagram, bending moment diagram and
deflected shape of beams and frames under simple loading conditions.
The purpose of this chapter is to develop the skills and structural sense of students
on the structural behaviour of simple structures. Acquiring such skills, you will be
able to shed light on the structural behaviour of more complex structures which is
very important to help you develop your structural sense as an engineer.
In Qualitative Analysis, one should be able to:
Determine the directions of reactions of a structure.
Sketch the shear force diagram of a structure.
Sketch the bending moment diagram of a structure.
Sketch the deflected shape of a structure and locate the points of inflection if
any.
The reactions, shear force, bending moment and the deflected shape obtained
should be compatible with each other. Teaching materials WILL NOT be given and
you are requested to read the reference as highlighted at the end of this chapter.
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