Academic Catalog

CE583 ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Course Code: 5620583
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Civil Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ÖZGÜR KURÇ
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Finite element method basics; variation formulation; membrane elements, drilling degrees of freedom; thin and thick plate elements; flat shell elements. Modeling issues. Instruction to nonlinear geometric analysis; shallow and deep truss elements; advanced solution techniques; dynamic analysis in time domain; explicit and implicit solution approaches.