CIVE 312 Structural Analysis I; Course Syllabus Page 1 of 2

1. Course number and name:

CIVE 312 Structural Analysis I
2. Credits and contact hours:
3 credit hours
3. Instructor’s name:
Meheddene Machaka; Associate Professor; Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
4. Text book, title, author, and year:
Russell C. Hibbeler , Structural Analysis, 9th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2014.
a. other supplemental materials:
• Leet, K.M., Uang, C.M., Gilbert, A.M. Fundamentals of Structural Analysis, 3rd edition,
McGraw Hill, Boston, 2008.
• American Society of Civil Engineers, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other
Structures, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010.
• Class notes; Slides and handout posted on Moodle at http://campusview.rhu.edu.lb/

5. Specific course information:

a. Course Description: Shear and bending moment diagrams for frames, equilibrium,
stability, and determinacy; influence lines for determinate structures; deflection of beams
Specific course deflections
and frames; information
using energy methods; introduction to indeterminate structures;
approximate analysis of indeterminate building frames.
b. Prerequisites/Co-requisites: MECH 320./ None.
Specific course information
c. Required/Elective: Required.
d. Course Topics/Brief Outlines: The subject matter for this course includes the material in
Chapters 1 to 9 of the text and additional material in the form of lecture notes and
handouts to cover the following topics:

• Types of structures and loads.

• Analysis of statically determinate structures (Beams and Frames).
• Analysis of Statically determinate trusses.
• Internal loading in structural members; (Shear/Moment Diagrams).
• Influence lines for statically determinate structures.
• Deflections of structures.
e. Assessment/Grade Source:
• Participation & Assignments: 10%
• Quizzes 20%
• Term Project: 10%
• Mid-term Exam: 30%
• Final Exam: 30%

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6. Specific goals for the course

Correlation
Specific course information
Learning Outcomes With With
Program Program
Outcomes Objectives
Specific course information
1. Calculate the appropriate load case for structures using gravity
loads such as dead loads, live loads, snow loads and become 1 1, 2
familiar with cases that include lateral loads.
2. Analyze beams, frames, and trusses for both specific static load
1, 2 1, 2
cases and moving load cases.

3. Become proficient in determining the maximum shear and

1, 2 1, 2
moment in beams and frames (shear and moment diagrams).

4. Analyze simple frames using approximate analysis methods. 1, 2 1, 2

5. Calculate kinematic unknowns (deflections and/or rotations) of

1, 2 1, 2
beams, frames and trusses.
6. Implement computer modelling to analyze simple structures and
1, 2 1, 2, 4
interpret results.

Learning Outcomes Assessment Sources/Tools

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