Undergraduate Course: Real Structural Behaviour and its Analysis 5 (CIVE11002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course develops the student's comprehension of the nonlinear behaviour of structures. The concepts of geometrical and material nonlinearity are introduced and followed by numerical methods employed for modelling nonlinearities through the medium of finite element analysis. These advanced topics give the student the ability to analyse realistic systems with confidence. The student will develop and understand of many aspects of structural behaviour and its modelling. The course prepares the student well for a career in computational modelling in civil or structural engineering. |
| Course description |
L1 Introduction
Structure and aims of the course. Subject in the context of theoretical and applied mechanics and structural engineering practice. The limitations of linear analysis and associated assumptions of small displacement and unchanged geometry. The need for going beyond linear analysis. The concept of equilibrium path and critical points along the path with appropriate examples.
L2 Sources of nonlinearity and types of problems
How do nonlinearities arise and what types of problems in structural
engineering they produce. How can these problems be dealt with
mathematically.
L3 Analysis of nonlinear problems I
Nonlinear analysis using the stiffness method and the finite element
method. Formulation of a non-linear truss element with a geometric
stiffness. Applicaton to examples of linear bifurcation analysis (LBA) to
solve elastic critical load problems.
L4 Analysis of nonlinear problems II
Geometrically nonlinear analysis (GNA) of simple problems using the
truss element with load increments and Newton iterations.
L5 Analysis of nonlinear problems III
Beam-column elements with combined bending and axial force,
geometric stiffness matrix. Solution of simple LBA and GNA type
problems.
L6-9 Fundamentals of continuum mechanics
Eulerian and Lagrangian frames of reference, Green and Almansi strain measures and corresponding (Piola-Kirchoff) stress measures,
deformation gradient, total Lagrangian, updated Lagrangian and corotational approaches to GNA.
L10 Introduction to material nonlinearity; linear elasticity; nonlinear elasticity; viscoelasticity; elastoplasticity; elasto-viscoplasticity.
L11 1D elastoplasticity 1
Concepts of hardening, softening and perfect plasticity; load and
displacement control; uniaxial behaviour of different materials _$ú steel, aluminium, concrete, Gray cast iron, rubber.
L12 1D elastoplasticity 2
Solution nonlinear problems; issues associated with satisfying equilibrium and constitutive law; example problems; nonlinear solution in the context of FE analysis.
L13 Numerical solution approaches
Concept of tangent stiffness; incremental methods; incremental-iterative methods; Newton Raphson method; modified Newton Raphson method; convergence criterial.
L14 Multiaxial stress
Nonlinear models for multiaxial states; principal sresses and stress
invariants; convenient form of invariants for plasticity; recap of linear rlstic stress-starin relations.
L15 Yield criteria
Concept of yielding in a multiaxial stress state; Rankine, von Mises,
Tresca, Mohr Coulomb and Drucker Prager yield criteria; representation in principal stress space; hydrostatic axis and deviatoric plane; deviatoric
plane and plane stress representations; expressing criteria in principal
stress and stress invariant forms.
L16 Multiaxial plasticity 1
Hardening, softening and perfect plasticity; Bauschinger effect;
decomposition of strain; incremental stress-strain relations; flow rule;
consistency condition; tangential modulus matrix.
L17 Multiaxial plasticity 2
Elastic predictor _$ú plastic corrector concept; numerical evaluation of
the flow vector; evaluation of flow vector terms for Rankine, von Mises,Tresca, Mohr Coulomb and Drucker Prager yield criteria; issues
associated with singular regions; evaluation of hardening parameters.
L18 Revision
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
69 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Degree examination 60%
Coursework 40% |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Real Structural Behaviour and its Analysis 5 | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe the meanings of the terms such as, equlibrium path, limit load, collapse, bifurcation, and snap-through buckling etc.;
- show an understanding of large displacement behaviour including the need for more precise measures of stress and strain and associated analysis methods;
- distinguish between the roles of eigenvalue and non-linear analysis of geometrically nonlinear structural systems;
- use nonlinear finite element analysis to manually solve simple problems with geometrically nonlinear behaviour including stability and bifurcation.
- describe different kinds of material nonlinearities;
- solve simple 1D plasticity problems through hand calculations;
- show an understanding of the theory of plasticity;
- describe theories of non-linear material behaviour used for different materials;
- describe how plasticity is implemented in numerical analysis.
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Reading List
McGuire, Gallagher, Ziemian (2000) "Matrix Structural Analysis, 2nd Edition". Wiley, London, UK.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Nonlinear structural analysis, geometric nonlinearity, material nonlinearity, large displacement ana |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Asif Usmani
Tel: (0131 6)50 5789
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: |
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