Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering Department Course Handout

Course Title: THEORY O !"#TE$ %CE &'() Year and Semester: ME %$tructural Engineering) * year ** semester Contact Hours per week: + Course Coordinator: $yed $ira,ul HaCourse Coordinator Phone: .///+0/.0& Course Coordinator Email1 ssha-2m,college3ac3in Course Coordinator Location: &'0(45 Course Coordinator Availabilit : 6ednesdays1 07377 to 00377 am Thursdays1 03(7 pm to (307 pm Pre!re"uisite Courses and Assumed #nowled$e and Capabilities: To take this course the student should have the 8asic kno9ledge of mechanics of materials: theory of elasticity: 8asic calculus and differential e-uations3
Course %escription: This course introduces the theoretical 8asics and practical application of theory of thin plates to rectangular and circular plates3

Course &utcomes: On successful completion of course students 9ill 8e a8le to1 Derive 8asic e-uations in pure and cylindrical 8ending of thin plates concerning slopes: curvatures: moment4curvature relations and strain energy in pure 8ending3 Develop e-uations for symmetrical 8ending of circular plates including circular plates 9ith circular holes at the center3 O8tain e-uations for 8uckling of rectangular plates and calculate critical loads for 8uckling of simply supported rectangular plates uniformly compressed in one and t9o directions 9ith different edge conditions3 #nd study 9e8 8uckling3 0

Derive differential e-uation of e-uili8rium for small deflection of laterally loaded plates3 $tudy 8oundary conditions for rectangular plates3 O8tain ;avier<s solution for rectangular plates simply supported on all sides su8,ected to uniformly distri8uted load: patch load and concentrated load3 O8tain "evy<s solution for rectangular plate simply supported on all four edges and rectangular plate simply supported on opposite edges and fi=ed on other t9o edges su8,ected to uniformly distri8uted load3 #pply Rayliegh4Rit> method for solution of rectangular plates3 #pply finite difference method for solution of simply supported and fi=ed rectangular plates carrying ?D" %full or partial) and central point load3 Derive differential e-uation for 8ending of orthotropic plates and apply theory of orthotropic plates to simply supported rectangular laminates: RC sla8s and grids3

&verview o' Learnin$ Activities 03 "ectures and class room discussions @3 Tutorials &verview o' Learnin$ (esources 03 !rescri8ed Te=t 5ook Theory of !lates and $hells: $3Timoshenko and 63Arieger: Mc Bra9 Hill @3 Reference 5ooks (3 Theory of !lates and $hells: R3H36oods3 Theory of !lates and $hells: Cienki9ich: Mc Bra9 Hill Co3 reely accessi8le internet sites3

+3 Handouts &verview o' Assessment 03 Class tests @3 ?niversity e=am (3 #ssignments