EiABC

Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development

Addis Ababa University
Course Outline
General Information
Course Title: Theory of Structures
Course No. CoTM 2102
Credit Hours: 3cr.hrs
Program: B.Sc in Construction Technology and Management (COTM)
Academic Year : 2018/19
Semester: I
Instructors: Wondimu K. & Bayu G.

Course Rationale

Theory of Structures is one of the series of courses arranged in the engineering module for
the B.SC program/curriculum of Construction Technology and Management. The course is
scheduled to be taken after the students acquire basic understanding on structural
mechanics and strength of materials with qualifying status. In this course, students are
expected to develop general understanding on procedures and fundamental concepts of
structural analysis and investigating effects of loads on structural system.

Course Objective:

Students after taking the course are expected to be able to:

- Understand and explain basic structural system of different types and identify effects
of loads on structures.
- Understand some basic methods of analysis of structures in which they will develop
general understanding on force displacement relation of structures.
- Perform analysis of simple structures both statically determinate and indeterminate to
a lesser degree such as plane trusses, pin connected frames, and monolithic rigid
frames under general systems of force, etc

Course Content

1. Introduction:
- Review of Statics & Strength of Materials
(To be handled in the form of self contained reading and review exercise)
- Loads on Structures

2. Deflection of Statically Determinate Structures

- Conjugate Beam method
- Virtual Work Method

3. Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures

- Stability and Determinacy of Structures
- Methods of Consistent Deformation
- Three Moment Equation
- Slope deflection Equation
- Moment Distribution Method

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Methodology

The methodology for conducting the course will be a combination of lecture, class exercise
and assignments. Basic ideas on major topics are to be lectured and these ideas shall be
well elaborated with class exercise and assignments where students get full participation at
each level in the process of conducting the course.

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated based on their effort in the different activities stated in the
methodology together with final or comprehensive examination as follows:

Final Exam 60%

Quizzes and assignment 40%
References:
1. Structural Analysis. R.C Coats, M.G Coutie, F.K Kong
2. Elementary Structural Analysis, Noris & Wilboth
3. Structural Engineering, , R.N. White
4. Structural Analysis by Direct Moment Distribution, J. Rygol
5. Structural Analysis, A.Ghali, A.M Neville & T.G Brown
6. Statically Indeterminate structural Analysis N. Tebedge
7. The Analysis of Indeterminate Structures, A. Williams

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