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.