CE 510 - Theory of Plates and Shells (4)

Analysis of plates and shells; bending of thin plates. Fourier solution of simply supported rectangular plates; plates of various shapes and boundaries; plates subject to bending and in-plane membrane type forces; plates on elastic foundations, cylindrical shells, finite difference methods; finite element methods; SAP-2000 and its application to plates and shell-type structures.

Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate course in structural analysis, CE 501, and graduate standing.
Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.