Lectures related to Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

Nonlinear Analysis of Structures: Model Fidelities & Plasticity

Introduces model fidelities, plastic hinges, and concentrated plasticity in nonlinear structural analysis.

Structures and Mechanisms: Static (Rigid) Structures

Covers the analysis of static (rigid) structures, including equilibrium and free-body diagrams.

Structural Mechanics: Beam Bending and Boundary Conditions

Explores the moment-curvature relation for beams, emphasizing stress distribution and typical boundary conditions.

Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

Explores nonlinear analysis of structures, including the Newmark Method and modeling strategies.

Mechanics of Slender Structures: Elasticity & Buckling

Explores 3D elasticity, beam bending, and buckling phenomena in slender structures.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics

Explores beam bending, stiffness, and curvature in mechanical systems using OCR-extracted slides from EPFL's Spring 2021 session.

Beam Geometry and Internal Forces

Covers the definition of beam geometry and internal forces diagrams.

Composite Beams: Elastic Distribution

Covers the elastic distribution in composite beams and the behavior of mixed structures during construction.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics

Introduces structural mechanics concepts like distributed loads, centroids, and equilibrium in 2D and 3D.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics

Covers the fundamentals of structural mechanics, focusing on beams, sign conventions, types of beams, and methods to calculate stress resultants.

Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

Covers flexibility-based fiber beam-column elements and force-based elements for nonlinear structural analysis, including section flexibilities, stiffness matrices, and residual forces.

Beam Bending II: Internal Forces, Curvature, and Stiffness

Covers advanced topics in beam bending, stress tensors, elasticity, and Atomic Force Microscopy.

3D Linear Elasticity & Beams

Covers 3D linear elasticity, stress, strain, beams' behavior under loads, and torsion.

Advanced Concrete Design: Final Project Presentations

Covers final project presentations on precast concrete design in a seismic region.

Structural Grids: Design and Analysis

Explores forces, equilibrium, resistance, and deformations in structural grids, cables, arches, and beams.

Beams under nonuniform bending: Shear stresses and shear flow

Explores shear stresses and shear flow in beams under nonuniform bending, emphasizing the distribution of shear stresses and shear flow.

Linear Elasticity in 3D: Beam Bending

Covers linear elasticity in 3D, focusing on beam bending and stress-strain behavior of materials.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics

Covers beams with distributed and concentrated forces, bending moment, shear force, and internal load diagrams.

Internal Forces in Beams: Deformation and Constraints

Covers the analysis of internal forces in beams and deformation under loads.

Structures and Mechanisms: Opening a Box

Explores the analysis of structures and mechanisms through a sample problem of opening a box with a string-held lid.