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CEE 598 NAO - Nonlinear Analysis of Steel St

Last offered Fall 2017

Official Description

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in civil and environmental engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Section Description

Prerequisites: CEE 462 and CEE 470. Geometric and material nonlinearities in steel frames; frame element formulation including geometric stiffness and concentrated plasticity; effects of imperfections on frame behavior and modeling approaches for accurate nonlinear assessment; nonlinear solution strategies for frame analysis; elastic and inelastic frame stability; assessment and design of frame structures using nonlinear analysis.

Subject Area

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Description

Geometric and material nonlinearities in steel frames; frame element formulation including geometric stiffness and concentrated plasticity; effects of imperfections on frame behavior and modeling approaches for accurate nonlinear assessment; nonlinear solution strategies for frame analysis; elastic and inelastic frame stability; and assessment and design of frame structures using nonlinear analysis are covered in this course.

Credit Hours

4 hours

Prerequisites

CEE 462 (Steel Structures II) and CEE 470 (Structural Analysis).

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Nonlinear Analysis of Steel StNAO47401ONL4 -    Ricardo Mardones Herrera